First discussion session: Relazioni and diplomatic reporting
Next Tuesday (16 October) will mark the beginning of our Network’s discussion group. The theme for this session will be “Relazioni and diplomatic reporting”. Please read the three following articles in advance of the seminar, which we shall then discuss over tea and biscuits, in a very informal and relaxed atmosphere!

1) Vivo, Filippo de, ‘How to Read Venetian Relazioni’, Renaissance and Reformation 34.1–2 (2011), 25-59: jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/renref/article/viewFile/16167/13129

2) Vivo, Filippo de, ‘Archives of Speech: Recording Diplomatic Negotiation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Italy’, European History Quarterly, 46.3 (2016), 519-544:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0265691416648275

3) Queller, Donald, ‘The Development of Ambassadorial Relazioni’, in John Rigby Hale (ed.), Renaissance Venice, London, 1973, pp. 174-196

Look forward to seeing many of you there!
Date: 16 October 2018, 16:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Habbakuk Room
Speaker: Various Speakers
Part of: Early Modern Diplomacy c.1400-1800
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Laura Spence