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The diplomatic enlightenment : Spain, Europe, and the age of speculation /

"This book reconfigures the study of the origins of the Enlightenment in the Spanish Empire. Challenging dominant interpretations of the period, this book shows that early eighteenth-century Spanish authors turned to Enlightenment ideas to reinvent Spain's role in the European balance of p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones Corredera, Edward (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Colección:History of European political and constitutional thought ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book reconfigures the study of the origins of the Enlightenment in the Spanish Empire. Challenging dominant interpretations of the period, this book shows that early eighteenth-century Spanish authors turned to Enlightenment ideas to reinvent Spain's role in the European balance of power. And while international law grew to provide a legal framework that could safeguard peace, Spanish officials, diplomats, and authors, hardened by the failure of Spanish diplomacy, sought instead to regulate international relations by drawing on investment, profit, and self-interest. The book shows, on the basis of new archival research, that the Diplomatic Enlightenment sought to turn the Spanish Empire into a space for closer political cooperation with other European and non-European states and empires"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages) : color illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004469095
9789004469099
ISSN:2589-5966 ;