Titre :

Late Antique East Roman Diplomacy

Auteur(s) :

Nechaeva, Ekaterina [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]

Éditeur(s) ou directeur(s) scientifique(s) :

Gordon Martel

Titre de l’ouvrage :

The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy

Éditeur :

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Date de publication :

2018-03-19

ISBN :

9781118885154

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes classiques
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Late antique diplomacy was a complex system of methods and instruments, governed by elaborate protocol, rich in ceremony, and based on a strict hierarchy of partners and adversaries. While the decision‐making power mainly ...
Lire la suite >Late antique diplomacy was a complex system of methods and instruments, governed by elaborate protocol, rich in ceremony, and based on a strict hierarchy of partners and adversaries. While the decision‐making power mainly belonged to the emperor, diplomatic communication was mostly indirect, mediated by traveling embassies. High‐level negotiations were split into several phases and organized in series (“blocks”) of exchanged embassies. The system of gift exchange functioned in accordance with the “block” principle of embassy exchange. Gifts were perceived as indicators of the status and prestige of diplomatic partners. Mistakes in gift‐distribution could lead to international conflicts. Diplomatic inviolability was not always respected, while diplomatic missions often involved long and dangerous journeys which, however, provided an ideal cover for intelligence‐gathering. Clandestine diplomacy complemented official diplomacy.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Histoire Archéologie Littératures des Mondes Anciens (HALMA) - UMR 8164

Source :

Harvested from HAL