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As this project is in its early stages, we have to wait for the final results. But it’s interesting that again a congress is supposed to be a benchmark for developments that go beyond foreign politics. So, we stay tuned to continue the discussion on the role of #congressDiplomacy in general. (7/7)

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We are back from our holiday break with more #emdiplomacy content!
Today, it’s time to introduce Alexander Gerber! He is managing director at the center of historical peace research at the university of Bonn, the place where the documents of the Westphalian #peacecongress are edited. Gerber also writes his PhD on the ceremonial and procedures of the Imperial estates at the #Westphalianpeacecongress.
Thus, it is not surprising, that for @emdiplomacy Gerber is looking at towns and cities as sphere of #earlymodern #diplomacy. (2/5)

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#Westphalia is not the only #peacecongress online. At Mächtekongresse you find documents and especially protocolls of the congresses of Aachen (1818), Troppau (1820), Laibach (1821) und Verona (1822) that took place in the aftermath of the congress of #Vienna.
#history #histodons #historikerinnen /4 

https://maechtekongresse.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/pages/index.html 

We start with apw digital. The online edition of the sources of the #peacecongress of #Westphalia (1643-1648), that contains letters by the Imperial, French and Swedish diplomats, protocolls, diaries, instructions and some other secrets. Here you find almost all printed volumes. It’s great! #histodons #historikerinnen #history /3

https://apw.digitale-sammlungen.de/ 

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At the #peacecongress of #Westphalia most diplomats lamented the rain. The papal mediator, Fabio Chigi, did not only recorded in his diary, when it rained. He even wrote a poem on the weather in Münster, calling the city “home of the clouds”.
He was not the only diplomat who constantly complained about the bad weather in #Westphalia.
Maybe only those who could complain about the weather in Münster were real #diplomats at the #WestphalianPeaceCongress?

For example, at a #peacecongress wasn’t clear which language should be used or who would decide in ceremonial conflicts. This had to be negotiated, while at a court these questions didn’t arise.

A #peacecongress or an assembly of the estates were non-permanent institutions with their own set of rules that had to be agreed on. Often the duration of the event was not clear beforehand and in the case of peace congresses there was always the possibility of failure. (3/x)