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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787443803321

Titolo

A divided Hungary in Europe : exchanges, networks and representations, 1541-1699 . Volume 2 Diplomacy, information flow and cultural exchange / / edited by Szymon Brzeziński and Áron Zarnóczki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

ISBN

1-4438-7297-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Soggetti

Political culture - Hungary - 1516-1847

Politics and culture - Hungary

Hungary Politics and government

Hungary Foreign relations Europe, Eastern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ZONE OF CONFLICT-ZONE OF EXCHANGE -- I -- RE-ORIENTING A RENAISSANCE DIPLOMATICCAUSE CÉLÈBRE -- ITER PERSICUM -- TRANSIMPERIAL MEDIATORS OF CULTURE -- THE DIPLOMACY AND INFORMATIONGATHERING OF THE PRINCIPALITYOF TRANSYLVANIA (1600í1650) -- AN ITALIAN INFORMATION AGENTIN THE HUNGARIAN THEATRE OF WAR -- II -- THE CHANCES FOR A PROVINCIALCULTURAL CENTRE -- THE INFORMATION SYSTEMOF THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY HUNGARIANARISTOCRAT, FERENC NÁDASDY (1623-1671) -- III -- DYNASTIC POLITICS, DIPLOMACYAND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- SHAPING PROTESTANT NETWORKSIN HABSBURG TRANSYLVANIA -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite fragmentation, heterogeneity and the continuous pressure of the Ottoman Empire, early modern "divided Hungary" witnessed a surprising cultural flourishing in the sixteenth century, and maintained its common cultural identity in the seventeenth century. This could hardly have been possible without intense exchange with the rest of Europe. This three-volume series about early modern Hungary divided



by Ottoman presence approaches themes of exchange of information and knowledge from two p.