ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|73 pages
Papal diplomacy
chapter 3|16 pages
Catholics, heretics and the ‘common enemy’ 1
chapter 4|27 pages
Renewing Roman diplomacy?
part II|56 pages
Clerics as diplomats
chapter 5|15 pages
‘Not fit nor convenient [to] be sent on embassy in the king’s business’
chapter 6|20 pages
A most venerable provisional envoy
chapter 7|19 pages
The role of confessor-ambassador
part III|114 pages
Religion as a matter of diplomacy