The Diplomatic Enlightenment: Spain, Europe, and the Age of Speculation

by Edward Jones Corredera and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International

This book reconfigures the study of the origins of the Enlightenment in the Spanish Empire. Challenging dominant interpretations of the period, this book shows that early eighteenth-century Spanish authors turned to Enlightenment ideas to reinvent Spain's role in the European balance of power. And while international law grew to provide a legal framework that could safeguard peace, Spanish officials, diplomats, and authors, hardened by the failure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004469060
• ISBN13: 9789004469068
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 340 Pages