LEADER 03875 am 22006853u 450 001 9910136377303321 005 20230621135645.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000618719 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001689533 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16532365 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001689533 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14939164 035 $a(PQKB)10232124 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27772 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000618719 100 $a20160829d2015 uy | 101 0 $ager 135 $aurm|#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiplomatie als Familiengeschäft$b[electronic resource] $edie Casati als spanisch-mailändische Gesandte in Luzern und Chur (1660-1700) /$fAndreas Behr 210 $aZürich$cChronos Verlag$d2015 210 31$aZurich :$cChronos,$d2015 215 $a1 electronic resource (384 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a3-0340-1293-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aDiplomacy as a family business. The Casatis as Spanish-Milanese envoys in Lucerne and Chur (1660-1700) The astonishing family career of the Casatis contradicts widespread impressions of early modern diplomacy. This monograph explains how a Spanish-Milanese diplomatic dynasty shrewdly managed, using a highly complex network of confessional, social and cultural connections, to concentrate and deploy its resources upon key actors, and put itself beyond competition from potential challengers. ?Other than following God and their own self-interest, this people knows no further impulse,? was the devastating judgment of Alfonso Casati in 1674 concerning the Swiss Confederates. The diplomats nonetheless had to accommodate the needs of these local hosts, or lose their trust and that of their royal employer, the Spanish king. In order to fulfill the demands placed upon him as a diplomat, Alfonso Casati, like most envoys in early modern Europe, periodically reached into his own pockets. In contrast to many contemporaries, however, he did not respond to the costly requirements of the job by seeking to be relieved of his duties. On the contrary, he laid the ground for ensuring that his own son became the fourth generation representative in a nearly continuous position held by the same family. Tapping extensive source materials which are interpreted from the perspective of various historical actors, this study not only reconstructs the position and influence of an extraordinary diplomatic family, but also shines new light on a colorful history of patronage, corruption and politics in the external relations of the Confederacy and Graubünden. 606 $aDiplomats$zMilan$zItaly$vBiography 606 $aDiplomats$zSpain$vBiography 606 $aItaly$2HILCC 606 $aRegions & Countries - Europe$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 607 $aSwitzerland$zRelations$zItaly$zMilan$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aSwitzerland$zRelations$zSpain$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aSpain$zRelations$zSwitzerland$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aMilan (Italy)$zRelations$zSwitzerland$xHistory$y17th century 610 $adiplomacy 610 $aspanish crown 610 $aAlte Eidgenossenschaft 610 $aChur 610 $aFrankreich 610 $aGesandter 610 $aLuzern 610 $aMadrid 610 $aMailand 610 $aSpanien 615 0$aDiplomats 615 0$aDiplomats 615 7$aItaly 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Europe 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 700 $aBehr$b Andreas$0755622 801 0$bPQKB 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136377303321 996 $aDiplomatie als Familiengeschäft$92138853 997 $aUNINA