The refugee-diplomat : Venice, England, and the Reformation /

The refugee-diplomat : Venice, England, and the Reformation /

This book centers on the Italian Protestant diaspora of the sixteenth century and reconstructs the impact of religious refugees on early modern diplomacy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pirillo, Diego (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Religious refugees > Italy > Venice > History > 16th century.
Protestants > Italy > Venice > History > 16th century.
Diplomacy > History > 16th century.
Venice (Italy) > Foreign relations > England.
England > Foreign relations > Italy > Venice.
Venice (Italy) > Foreign relations > 1508-1797.
Table of Contents:
  • When diplomacy fails
  • Tudor diplomacy and Italian heterodoxy
  • Spying on the Council of Trent
  • The merchant, the queen and the refugees
  • Reading Tasso
  • Reading Venetian relazioni
  • Great expectations.