Embassies negotiations gifts : systems of east roman diplomacy in late antiquity.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Franz Steiner Verlag
Temas:
Diplomatic and consular service > Rome.
Diplomatic and consular service > Byzantine Empire.
Service diplomatique et consulaire > Rome.
Service diplomatique et consulaire > Empire byzantin.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Diplomatic and consular service
Diplomatic relations
Rome > Foreign relations.
Byzantine Empire > Foreign relations.
Rome > Relations extérieures.
Empire byzantin > Relations extérieures.
Byzantine Empire
Rome (Empire)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Vorwort der Herausgeber; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Chapter I: Mechanisms of diplomacy; 1. State structures; 1.1 Emperor; 1.2 Senate; 1.3 Consistorium; 1.4 Sacrum cubiculum; 1.5 The magister officiorum and his personnel; 1.6 Other administrative structures; 1.7 Decision-making; 2. Reception of embassies; 2.1 Ceremonial of reception; 2.2 Non- or partial reception of an embassy; 2.3 The release of envoys; 3. Diplomatic interchanges; 3.1 Open interchanges; 3.2 Secret interchanges; 4. Diplomatic inviolability and the problem of the safety of diplomatic delegations
  • 5. ConclusionsChapter II: Diplomatic negotiation; 1. The negotiating parties and agents; 1.1 Rulers; 1.2 Ruler and representative; 1.3 Negotiations between representatives of rulers; 1.4 Agents of negotiation. A summary; 2. The purposes of embassies; 2.1 Negotiations of a ›peaceful‹ origin; 2.2 Negotiations held in consequence of a military conflict; 2.3 Main questions of negotiations and clauses of treaties; 3. Procedure of discussing and signing a treaty; 4. Conclusions; Chapter III: Embassy structure and personnel; 1. Ranks, ›professions‹ and qualities of ambassadors
  • 4.2 Ethnographical observations4.3 Clandestine tasks. Late Antique envoys' spy activity; 5. Conclusions; Chapter IV: Gifts in the diplomatic practice of Late Antiquity; 1. Etiquette and the system of gift exchange in diplomatic negotiations; 1.1 ›State‹ gifts. From ruler to ruler; 1.2 ›Personal‹ gifts from diplomats; 1.3 ›Personal‹ gifts for diplomats; 1.4 Summary; 2. Perception of the gift donations; 3. Sets of gifts donated by the Roman Empire to different partners; 3.1 Gifts to the Persians; 3.2 Gifts to the Avars; 3.3 Gifts to the Huns; 3.4 Gifts to the Sabirian Huns
  • 3.5 Gifts to the Arabs3.6 Gifts to the rulers of Caucasian kingdoms; 3.7 Gifts to the Goths; 3.8 Gifts to the Franks; 3.9 Gifts to the Chersonites; 3.10 Roman gifts. A summary; 4. Sets of gifts donated to the Roman Empire by different partners; 4.1 Gifts from the Persians; 4.2 Gifts from the Huns; 4.3 Gifts from the Turks; 4.4 Gifts from peoples of Africa and South Arabia; 4.5 Gifts from different barbarians; 4.6 Foreign gifts. A Summary; 5. Conclusions; Chapter V: Insignia in the diplomatic practice of Late Antiquity; 1. Insignia of the Lazian kings; 1.1 Headdress; 1.2 Chlamys; 1.3 Chiton

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