The Refugee-Diplomat: Venice, England, and the Reformation

by Diego Pirillo

The establishment of permanent embassies in fifteenth-century Italy has traditionally been regarded as the moment of transition between medieval and modern diplomacy. In The Refugee-Diplomat, Diego Pirillo offers an alternative history of early modern diplomacy, centered not on states and their official representatives but around the figure of "the refugee-diplomat" and, more specifically, Italian religious dissidents who forged ties...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501715313
• ISBN13: 9781501715310
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher