The Western European Powers, 1500–1700
Studies in the Uses of Historical Evidence

The modern diplomatic system, originating in Italy, spread rapidly over the rest of Europe around 1500.

Charles H. Carter (Author)

9780521291552, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 October 1976

348 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg

The modern diplomatic system, originating in Italy, spread rapidly over the rest of Europe around 1500. For 'history' this had a two-fold result: an enormous amount of historical documentation produced by the new diplomatic machinery, and a vastly important new area for historical study - the relations of modern states with each other. Two large, overlapping bodies of historical materials are thus the subject of this volume: documents of diplomatic origin, which might be about anything and in fact are important sources for political, economic and other kinds of history besides diplomatic; and the sources essential for writing diplomatic history, which include types that are neither manuscript in form nor even documentary in nature.

1. The Subject and the Sources
2. Archival Materials
3. Archives and Archival Collections: Central Repositories
4. Published Documents
5. Contemporary Publications
6. Code, Cypher and Security
7. Research in the Diplomatic Sources.

Subject Areas: History [HB]