Author: Jan Hennings File Type: pdf In this book on early modern diplomacy, Jan Hennings explores the relationship between European powers and Russia beyond the conventional East-West divide from the Peace of Westphalia to the reign of Peter the Great. He examines how, at a moment of new departure in both Europe and Russia, the norms shaping diplomatic practice emerged from the complex relations and direct encounters within the world of princely courts rather than from incompatible political cultures. He makes clear the connections between dynastic representation, politics and foreign relations, and shows that Russia, despite its perceived isolation and cultural distinctiveness, participated in the developments and transformations that were taking place more broadly in diplomacy. The central themes of this study are the interlocking manifestations of social hierarchy, monarchical honour and sovereign status in both text and ritual. Related issues of diplomatic customs, institutional structures, personnel, negotiation practice, international law, and the question of cultural transfer also figure prominently.ReviewForces a reconsideration of long-established assumptions. There have been few more impressive scholarly debuts than this dazzling study. b- Hamish Scott, Slavonic and East European Review bThis impressive debut monograph by Jan Hennings examines Russias position and activity in the European diplomatic sphere between the Peace of Westphalia and the death of Peter I. ... It will be a stimulating and informative work for any scholar who has an interest in early modern history, whether of Europe or Russia, or in diplomacy more generally. On a technical level, the publisher is to be commended for providing high-quality reproductions of images and archival texts, which provide useful illustrations to support the argument. -b Paul Keenan, European History Quarterly bThis cogent book is about more than diplomacy it gets to the heart of debates about Russias image and place in Europe. b- Nancy Shields Kollmann, Slavic Review bJan Hennings has produced a fascinating and well-researched study of Muscovite and Petrine diplomacy that places Russian foreign policy in the context of European baroque culture. ... Russia and Courtly Europe is a superb study that every historian of Muscovite and Imperial Russian history will want to read. b- Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter, Canadian-American Slavic Studies bHenningss Russia and Courtly Europe makes a fundamental contribution to the history of diplomacy ... Hennings has written a monograph rich in new insights. It is a great example of how the study of symbolic communication can renew diplomatic history.b - Damien Tricoire, Kritika bBook Description An examination of dynastic courts, ritual and early modern diplomatic practice that explores Russian-European relations beyond the conventional East-West divide. Bringing to life the curiously complicated encounters between foreign diplomats, this book will appeal to readers interested in the new diplomatic history, early modern international relations and Russias place in world history.

Author: Nora Goldschmidt File Type: pdf Shaggy Crowns is the first book-length study in almost a hundred years of the relationship between Romes two great epic poems. Quintus Ennius was once the monumental epic poet of Republican Rome, the father of Roman poetry. However, around one hundred and fifty years after his epic Annales first appeared, it was replaced decisively by Virgils Aeneid, and now survives only in fragments. Looking at the intersections between intertextuality and the appropriations of cultural memory, Goldschmidt considers the relationship between Romes two great canonical epics. She focuses on how -- in the use of archaism, the presentation of landscape, embedded memories of the Punic Wars, and fragments of exempla -- Virgils poem appropriates and re-writes the myths and memories which Ennius had enshrined in Roman epic. Goldschmidt argues that Virgil was not just a slicker new poet, but constructed himself as an older archaic poet of the deepest memories of the Roman past, ultimately competing for the shaggy crown of Ennius. **

Author: Darren Oldridge File Type: pdf The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England reflects upon the boundaries between the natural and the otherworldly in early modern England as they were understood by the people of the time. The book places supernatural beliefs and events in the context of the English Reformation to show how early modern people reacted to the world of unseen spirits and magical influences. It sets out the conceptual foundations of early modern encounters with the supernatural, and shows how occult beliefs penetrated almost every aspect of life. Darren Oldridge considers many of the spiritual forces that pervaded early modern England an immanent God who sometimes expressed Himself through signs and wonders and the various lesser inhabitants of the world of spirits including ghosts, goblins, demons and angels. He explores human attempts to comprehend, harness or accommodate these powers through magic and witchcraft, and the role of the supernatural in early modern science. This book presents a concise and accessible up-to-date synthesis of the scholarship of the supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England. It will be essential reading for students of early modern England, religion, witchcraft and the supernatural. **

Author: H. P. Lee File Type: pdf Democratic countries, such as Australia, face the dilemma of preserving public and national security without sacrificing fundamental freedoms. In the context where the rule of law is an underlying assumption of the constitutional framework, Emergency Powers in Australia provides a succinct analysis of the sorts of emergency which have been experienced in Australia and an evaluation of the legal weapons available to the authorities to cope with these emergencies. It analyses the scope of the defence power to determine the constitutionality of federal legislation to deal with wartime crises and the war on terrorism, the extent of the executive power and its relationship to the prerogative, the deployment of the defence forces in aid of the civil power, the statutory frameworks regulating the responses to civil unrest, and natural disasters. The role of the courts when faced with challenges to the invocation of emergency powers is explained and analysed. **Book Description This book is of value to public officials with responsibility for handling emergencies threatening public safety or national security, constitutional commentators and scholars, and members of the public interested in understanding how Australia reconciles preservation of public safety with the protection of fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. About the Author H. P. Lee held the Sir John Latham Chair of Law at Monash University from 1995-2014, where he had also served as the Deputy Dean and Acting Dean. He is the co-author of The Australian Judiciary (2nd edition, Cambridge, 2012) and author of Constitutional Conflicts in Contemporary Malaysia (2nd edition, 2017). Professor Lees other publications include Judiciaries in Comparative Perspective (editor, Cambridge, 2011) and Asia-Pacific Judiciaries Independence, Impartiality and Integrity (co-editor, Cambridge, 2017). He was awarded the Australian Press Council Medal in 2011. In 2015, he was appointed Emeritus Professor of Law at Monash University, Victoria.