Languages of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World

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Europe and the USA

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Gleb Kazakov, Vladislav Rjéoutski, Vladislav Rjeoutski

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This book outlines major trends in language use by early modern diplomats, mainly in the European context, through a series of case studies and overviews of regional diplomatic traditions.During the early modern period, linguistic practices in European diplomacy changed drastically, as the decline of Latin and German as diplomatic languages paved the way for the rise of French as a pan-European medium of diplomacy. While it was no secret that French was the dominant language of European elites during the eighteenth century, surprisingly little is known about the way this cultural trend translated into a major linguistic shift in diplomacy. This volume offers a broader perspective, tracking these changes throughout the early modern period. Spanning three centuries and extending across and beyond continental Europe, the contributors map the pace, the mechanisms, the reasons and the limits for changes in the use of languages in early modern diplomacy and explore the linguistic practices of diplomats as an indicator of wider social, cultural, and political changes.A novel study of the European diplomacy and linguistic interactions, this book will be of interest to historians, in particularly those working on language practices in diplomacy and the social history of languages.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-13
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLanguages and Culture in History
Antal sidor322
FörlagPallas Publications
ISBN9789048558315

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Gleb Kazakov is postdoctoral researcher at the department of East European History, Historical Institute, Justus Liebig University of Gießen, Germany. He is author ofVladislav Rjéoutski is research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Paris, France, and principal investigator of the DFG-funded research project on the languages of diplomacy in the eighteenth-century Russia. He is co-author of (with Derek Offord and Gesine Argent) The French Language in Russia. A Social, Political, Cultural, and Literary History (2018)

List of FiguresAbout the Authors I Introduction 1. Languages of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World. An IntroductionGleb Kazakov and Vladislav Rjéoutski II German-Speaking States and the Growing Role of French in European Diplomacy 2. German and French in the Diplomacy of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1700–1730Gleb Kazakov 3. The ‘Linguistic Turn’ in Diplomacy in Prussia under Frederick IITatjana Trautmann 4. Languages in the Diplomatic Correspondence between France and Territories of the Holy Roman EmpireNina Pösch III Linguistic Policies, Language Practices, and Diplomatic Careers 5. Models and Practices of Language Use at the Peace Congresses of the Seventeenth CenturyGuido Braun 6. “Write in no Foreign Language but Solely and Only in Swedish”: Languages of Internal Communication in Swedish Diplomacy, c. 1700–1792Sophie Holm 7. An Empire on the Wane? Language Use and Linguistic Policy in Eighteenth-Century Spanish DiplomacyVladislav Rjéoutski 8. Language and Career: Karl and Ivan Simolins in the Diplomatic Service of the Russian EmpireMaria A. Petrova9. Language Choice in Eighteenth-Century Diplomatic Ciphers from EuropeMichelle Waldispühl and Beata Megyesi IV Languages in Contacts between European and Non-European Powers 10. Linguistic Practice in Dutch Diplomacy in Taiwan, 1624–1662Christopher Joby 11. The Eloquence of Ottoman Diplomacy: How Ottomans Acquired and Used Languages in the Eighteenth Century Irena Fliter 12. Language and Legitimacy: The Entry of American Diplomats into the Francophone World of Diplomacy, 1775–1800Ellen R. Welch and Jonathan Singerton Index