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Pierre
Chaplais.
English Diplomatic Practice in the Middle Ages.
London:
Hambledon & London, 2003.
256pp.
Hardback ISBN
1852853956.
Publisher's
recommended price £25.00
It
is
wrong to date
the practice of diplomacy to the Renaissance. Medieval kings relied on
a network of diplomats and special envoys to conduct international
relations.
War, peace, marriage agreements, ransoms, trade and many other matters
all had to be negotiated. To do this a remarkably sophisticated system
of diplomacy developed during the middle ages.
Pierre
Chaplais,
the eminent historian of medieval England's relations with its
neighbours,
describes how diplomacy worked in practice: how ambassadors and other
envoys
were chosen; how and where they travelled; and how the authenticity of
their messages was known in a world before passports and photographs.
Safe-conducts,
audiences, gifts and meetings between rulers all played their part. English
Diplomatic Practice in the Middle Ages is an important and
fascinating
contribution to the early history of England's role in Europe.
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