Age of Louis XIV: The Rise of Modern Diplomacy

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- I THE STATES OF EUROPE, THEIR DIPLOMACY AND WARS -- The Diplomatic Periphery of Europe -- The "Great Powers" of the Seventeenth Century -- Middling and Minor States -- Diplomacy and War: The Sports of Kings from 1648 to 1715/21 -- FOOTNOTES -- II KINGS AND MINISTERS: THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF DIPLOMACY AND CREATION OF FOREIGN POLICIES -- Central Administrations -- Secretariats and Chancelleries -- Assumptions, Motives and Goals -- FOOTNOTES -- III AMBASSADORS -- Ranks and Titles -- "National," Social and Occupational Backgrounds of Ambassadors -- Jean-Antoine d' A vaux, a French Ambassador -- Preparation, Personalities and Effectiveness -- FOOTNOTES -- IV SECOND CLASS DIPLOMATS: LOW IN PRESTIGE, HIGH IN IMPORTANCE -- Envoys and Residents -- Diplomatic Secretaries: Their Rank and Functions -- Matthew Prior-Diplomat and Poet -- Diplomatic Secretaries: Their Representative Character -- Unofficial Diplomats -- Consuls and the Consular Service -- FOOTNOTES -- V A TYPICAL EARLY MODERN EMBASSY -- Preparation -- The Journey -- The Arrival -- Departure -- FOOTNOTES -- VI INFORMATION: IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY -- Sending Letters Home by Mail and Courier -- Ciphers and Cryptography -- John Wallis-Decipherer Extraordinary -- Recipients of Diplomatic Letters -- The Kinds of Information which Interested Diplomats -- Sources of Information-Audiences, Conversations, and Spying -- FOOTNOTES -- VII THE VARIETY OF DIPLOMATIC DUTIES -- Negotiations -- Bribery -- Influencing Internal Affairs Abroad -- Protection of Countrymen Abroad -- Ceremonial Affairs -- FOOTNOTES -- VIII CONCLUSION -- CHRONOLOGY -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY