After Lavinia: A Literary History of Premodern Marriage Diplomacy

by John Watkins and John Watkins

Book Overview

The Renaissance jurist Alberico Gentili once quipped that, just like comedies, all wars end in a marriage. In medieval and early modern Europe, marriage treaties were a perennial feature of the diplomatic landscape. When one ruler decided to make peace with his enemy, the two parties often sealed their settlement with marriages between their respective families. In After Lavinia, John Watkins traces the history of the practice, focusing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501707574
• ISBN13: 9781501707575
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher