Embassies – Negotiations – Gifts. Systems of East Roman Diplomacy in Late Antiquity

Nechaeva, Ekaterina

Document type :

Ouvrage (y compris édition critique et traduction)

Title :

Embassies – Negotiations – Gifts. Systems of East Roman Diplomacy in Late Antiquity

Author(s) :

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

Publisher :

Franz Steiner Verlag

Publication date :

2014

Number of pages :

306

ISBN :

ISBN 978-3-515-10632-0

English keyword(s) :

Ancient history
Late Antiquity en
Roman empire
Diplomacy - secret services

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société

English abstract : [en]

This book offers an original approach to late Roman/early Byzantine diplomacy as a system. Assessing both official and clandestine perspectives, Ekaterina Nechaeva examines the working mechanisms of this diplomatic machine ...
Show more >This book offers an original approach to late Roman/early Byzantine diplomacy as a system. Assessing both official and clandestine perspectives, Ekaterina Nechaeva examines the working mechanisms of this diplomatic machine and reveals the 'block' organization of embassies as a basic feature of international communication. Negotiations were split into several phases and accompanied by elaborate protocol and rich ceremony. Gift exchange and the distribution of insignia comprised a vital part of the diplomatic process. What were the semantics of these symbolic acts? The study accents the status significance of such donations. Ambassadors, who embodied high-level diplomacy, delivered gifts, led talks, and mediated international dialogue. Who were these envoys? How dangerous and adventurous were their missions? What were these expeditions like? How did they travel and how far? Nechaeva scrutinizes these and further questions by investigating the practices of ambassadorial business. Throughout the e-book the analysis of secret negotiations, the intelligence system and spy activities of envoys, plots and political murders reveals the shadowy side of diplomacy.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

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

Source :

Harvested from HAL

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