Renaissance Diplomacy

This classic is organized as follows:


Part One. Medieval Diplomacy, Fifteenth Century

I. The Legal Framework

II. Diplomatic Principals and Diplomatic Agents

III. Diplomatic Practice

IV. Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities


Part Two. The Italian Beginnings of Modern Diplomacy

V. The Renaissance Environment

VI. Precedents for Resident Embassies

VII. The First Resident Agents

VIII. The Milanese Wars and the Peace of Lodi (1444-1454)

IX. The Concert of Italy (1455-1494)

X. The Machinery of Renaissance Diplomacy

XI. The Duties of a Resident Ambassador


Part Three. Sixteenth-Century Diplomacy

XII. The European Powers

XIII. The French Invasion of Italy

XIV. The Spanish Intervention

XV. The Spanish Diplomatic Service

XVI. The Spread of the New Diplomacy

XVII. Dynastic Power Politics

XVIII. French Diplomacy and the Breaking-Up of Christendom

XIX. The Habsburg System

XX. The Wars of Religion

XXI. The Ambassadors of Ill-Will


Part Four. Early Modern Diplomacy

XXII. The Perfect Ambassador

XXIII. The Imperfect Princes

XXIV. Men Sent to Lie Abroad

XXV. The Embassy Routine

XXVI. The Game at Chess

XXVII. The New Immunities

XXVIII. Law Among Nations