After Lavinia : a literary history of premodern marriage diplomacy /

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The Renaissance jurist Alberico Gentili once quipped that, just like comedies, all wars end in a marriage. In medieval and early modern Europe, marriage treaties were a perennial feature of the diplomatic landscape. When one ruler decided to make peace with his enemy, the two parties often sealed th...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Watkins, John, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Marriage > Political aspects > Europe > History.
Arranged marriage > Europe > History.
Diplomacy > History.
Mariage > Aspect politique > Europe > Histoire.
Mariage arrangé > Europe > Histoire.
Diplomatie > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Arranged marriage
Diplomacy
Manners and customs
Europe > Social life and customs > History.
Europe > Mœurs et coutumes > Histoire.
Europe > Mœurs et coutumes.
Europe
Electronic books.
History
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