EAN: 9783110461145

JAHRBUCH FÜR EUROPÄISCHE GESCHICHTE EUROPEAN ...

The present volume aims at outlining a new field of research with regard to the history of
diplomacy: the material culture of diplomatic interaction in early modern and modern times. The
material culture of diplomacy includes all practices in foreign policy communication in which
single artifacts  samples of artifacts  or else the whole material setting of diplomatic
interaction is supposed to be constitutive for creating an intended effect in terms of
diplomatic objectives. The chapters of this volume focus on intercultural diplomacy in
different regions of the world wherein diplomatic actors of various kinds might have been
confronted by a whole universe of unfamiliar artifacts and artifact-related practices. Most of
them concentrate on gift giving as a diplomatic practice that offers multiple insights in the
complex dynamics of diplomatic relations between representatives of culturally highly diverse
political entities. In doing so  they gainfully apply different theoretical approaches of
material culture as an interdisciplinary field of study to the investigation of diplomatic
cultures across the globe. As a result  it becomes obvious that future research into the
history of diplomacy should take into account material practices much more thoroughly than has
been done before.

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