Confessional Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe

This edited volume examines the role of religion in diplomacy in early modern Europe since the Reformations. It addresses three main areas where questions of religion or confession played a role for monarchies: Papal diplomacy, priests and other clerics as diplomatic agents, and religion as a question for diplomatic debate.

Confessional Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe examines the role of religion in early modern European diplomacy. In the period following the Reformations, Europe became divided: all over the continent, princes and their peoples split over theological, liturgical, and spiritual matters. At the same time, diplomacy rose as a means of communication and policy, and all powers established long- or short-term embassies and sent envoys to other courts and capitals. The book addresses three critical areas where questions of religion or confession played a role: papal diplomacy, priests and other clerics as diplomatic agents, and religion as a question for diplomatic debate, especially concerning embassy chapels.

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