Gender and Diplomacy

The book series "Diplomatica" of the Don Juan Archiv Wien researches cultural aspects of diplomacy and diplomatic history up to the nineteenth century. This second volume of the series features the proceedings of the Don Juan Archiv's symposium organized in March 2016 in cooperation with the University of Vienna and Stvdivm fÆsvlancm to discuss the topic of gender from a diplomatic-historical perspective, addressing questions of where women and men were positioned in the diplomacy of the early modern world. Gender might not always be the first topic that comes to mind when discussing international relations, but it has a considerable bearing on diplomatic issues. Scholars have not left this field of research unexplored, with a widening corpus of texts discussing modern diplomacy and gender. Women appear regularly in diplomatic contexts. As for the early modern world, ambassadorial positions were monopolized by men, yet women could and did perform diplomatic roles, both officially and unofficially. This is where the main focus of this volume lies. It features sixteen contributions in the following four "acts": Women as Diplomatic Actors, The Diplomacy of Queens, The Birth of the Ambassadress, and Stages for Male Diplomacy. Contributions are by Wolfram Aichinger | Roberta Anderson | Annalisa Biagianti | Osman Nihat Bisgin | John Condren | Camille Desenclos | Ekaterina Domnina | David García Cueto | María Concepción Gutiérrez Redondo | Armando Fabio Ivaldi | Rocío Martínez López | Laura Mesotten | Laura Oliván Santaliestra | Tracey A. Sowerby | Luis Tercero Casado | Pia Wallnig

Contributions by Wolfram Aichinger | Roberta Anderson | Annalisa Biagianti | Osman Nihat Bisgin | Luis Tercero Casado | John Condren | David García Cueto | Camille Desenclos | Ekaterina Domnina | María Concepción Gutiérrez Redondo | Armando Fabio Ivaldi | Rocío Martínez López | Laura Mesotten | Laura Oliván Santaliestra | Tracey A. Sowerby | Pia Wallnig

Introduction Prologue: A Painting Laura Oliván Santaliestra (Granada) Editorial to the Volume Roberta Anderson (Bath) and Suna Suner (Vienna) PART I WOMEN AS DIPLOMATIC ACTORS Splendid Women in the Diplomacy of Juan Antonio de Vera (1583-1658), Ambassador of the Catholic King Philip IV María Concepción Gutiérrez Redondo (Madrid) Key Role Figures in the Diplomatic Network: Women as Intermediaries for the Ambassador of Lucca at the Court of the Queen "Gobernadora" Mariana of Austria (1662-1674) Annalisa Biagianti (Pisa) Women's Place in Diplomacy through the French Diplomatic Correspondences of the Early Seventeenth Century Camille Desenclos (Mulhouse, Upper Alsace) The Role of Women in Louis XIV's Relationship with the Gonzaga-Nevers di Mantova between 1665 and 1691 John Condren (Oxford) PART II DIPLOMACY OF QUEENS Sir Henry Unton (c.1558-1596), Elizabeth I (r.1558-1603) and Chivalric Diplomacy Tracey A. Sowerby (Oxford) A Bridegroom for Elizabeth: Diplomatic Negotiations for the Marriage of Princess Elizabeth, 1610-1613 Roberta Anderson (Bath) Consequences of the Dynastic Crises of the Seventeenth Century in the Matrimonial Market and Their Inf luence in the European International Policy: The Case of Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667-1740) Rocío Martínez López (Madrid) PART III THE BIRTH OF THE AMBASSADRESS Who was the "Embajadora"? Concept, Treatises and Examples (1580-1674) Laura Oliván Santaliestra (Granada) The Imperial Ambassador and His Spouse at the Theatre: The Rhetoric of Diplomacy on Calderón's Stage and in Count Pötting's Diary (1663-1674) Wolfram Aichinger (Vienna) Count Andrei Matveev and His Wives in Petrine Diplomatic Practice (1682-1725) Ekaterina Domnina (Moscow) Ernestine Aloysia von Weissenwolff, contessa Durazzo (1732-1794): Riflessioni per una ricostruzione biografica Armando Fabio Ivaldi (Geneva - Paris) A Spanish Ambassadress in Rome: Doña Leonor de Melo, Marchioness of Castel Rodrigo (1632-1641) David García Cueto (Granada) Court Lady - Ambassadress - Vicereine: The Life and Career of Maria Ernestine Countess Harrach (Née Dietrichstein, Widowed Gallas, 1683-1745) Pia Wallnig (Vienna) PART IV STAGES FOR MALE DIPLOMACY "Cloth and Colour Makes an Honourable Man": The Role of Dress in the Identity Construction of the French Ambassador François de Noailles in Venice (1557-1561) Laura Mesotten (Leuven) A Turk at the Court of the Planet King: Political and Sociocultural Controversies of an Ottoman Embassy to Madrid (1649-1650) Luis Tercero Casado (Vienna) The Embassy of Seyyid Ali Efendi to France (1797-1802): The Impressions of an Ottoman Diplomat on European Culture through his "Sefâretnâme" Osman NIhat BISgIn (Istanbul) APPENDIX Names Places Curricula Vitae