A new account of Elizabethan diplomacy with an original archival
foundation, this book examines the world of letters underlying
diplomacy and political administration by exploring a material text
never before studied in its own right: the diplomatic letter-book.
Author Elizabeth R. Williamson argues that a new focus on the
central activity of information gathering allows us to situate
diplomacy in its natural context as one of several intertwined
areas of crown service, and as one of the several sites of
production of political information under Elizabeth I. Close
attention to the material features of these letter-books elucidates
the environment in which they were produced, copied, and kept, and
exposes the shared skills and practices of diplomatic activity,
domestic governance, and early modern archiving. This
archaeological exploration of epistolary and archival culture
establishes a métier of state actor that participates in – even
defines – a notably early modern growth in administration and
information management. Extending this discussion to our own
conditions of access, a new parallel is drawn across two ages of
information obsession as Williamson argues that the digital has a
natural place in this textual history that we can no longer ignore.
This study makes significant contributions to epistolary culture,
diplomatic history, and early modern studies more widely, by
showing that understanding Elizabethan diplomacy takes us far
beyond any single ambassador or agent defined as such: it is a way
into an entire administrative landscape and political culture.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Material Readings in Early Modern Culture |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Elizabeth R. Williamson
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
290 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-76368-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-367-76368-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780367763688 |
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