Early Modern DiplomacyRegina Stuber/Anuschka Tischer: Clientele and Patronage in Early Modern Diplomacy (1/8)
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672008-031
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For this central topic we again paired up two great historians bringing together different expertise on the issue of clientele and patronage relationships and #emdiplomacy: Regina Stuber and Anuschka Tischer. (2/8)
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Stuber is an expert in #earlymodern source editions & Eastern European history. Currently, she is part of the team editing the publications and writings of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
She also published a monography on the Russian #diplomat Johann Christoph von Urbrich that is available #openaccess (in German)! (3/8)
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Tischer holds the chair of #modern history at the university of #Würzburg and has a great expertise on especially #earlymodern French diplomacy and the #westphalianpeace congress. (4/8)
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In their article Stuber and Tischer discuss the importance of #patronage and patron-client relations for #earlymodern #diplomacy. After some general observations they discuss three different case studies: the perpetual Imperial diet, the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and the Swiss confederacy. Thereby they not only draw attention to geographical regions that often do not feature as prominently in studies on #emdiplomacy and client-patron relations, but they also take different forms of #emdiplomacy into account. (5/8)
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They argue that #clientelism had a key function in #earlymodern #diplomacy, as the #emdiplomats needed confidants and stable relations both at their home institutions and the place of #diplomatic action in order to fulfil their tasks successfully. Diplomats could be patrons as well as clients. (6/8)
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It is crucial to recognise that an #emdiplomat’s networks were not necessarily diplomatic in itself, as being an envoy or an ambassador was usually only a part of a courtly or administrative career. However, a diplomat stayed in foreign country for some extended time, his networks to regional actors or other diplomats became an asset. At the same time, he had to maintain his contacts to his home court. The networks of the wives of #emdiplomats could also be of great importance, as they often had access to different circles. (7/8)
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In general, patron-client relations were informal and could differ depending on the time and the region. Here studies need to broaden their focus and take regions into account that are less well researched, as our authors did. (8/9)