Martin Almbjär: Scandinavian Diplomacy in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672008-018
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#emdiplomacy #NewDiplomaticHistory #Scandinavia #Diplomacy #history #histodons
@histodons @historikerinnen @earlymodern
This week we want to introduce another of our fantastic authors to you: Martin Almbjär: https://www.uu.se/kontakt-och-organisation/personal?query=N18-61 (2/5)
He was one of the heads behind the Swedish project
https://denargahistorikern.com
(The angry historian), although he is neither angry nor ill-tempered, as we can confirm from our own experience, but a great colleague and historian.
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As Almbjär is an expert on 18th century Swedish #consuls in Spanish port towns, it does not come as a surprise that he contributes with his expertise on the development of #earlymodern Scandinavian #diplomacy for the #emdiplomacy handbook. He thus presents the first ever comprehensive summary of the development of #emdiplomacy in #Scandinavia (4/5)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07075332.2024.2345241
His project on Swedish #consuls points to something that seems to be a characteristic of Scandinavian #emdiplomacy: the very close connection between #diplomatic activities and (maritime) #trade interests, commercial #diplomacy in other words.
Permanent #embassies in #Scandinavia developed relatively slowly. It was not before the 1600s that #resident #diplomats became a feature of Scandinavian #diplomacy. We know much more about the foreign #envoys in the North than about Scandinavian diplomats at foreign places. Writing about #earlymodern Danish and Swedish #diplomacy is not easy, as Scandinavia seems to be a blind spot in the historiography on #earlymodern #diplomacy and for #NewDiplomaticHistory. But Martin manages to cover a wide time span from the end of the #MiddleAges to the 18th century. (5/5)
Early Modern Diplomacy
