English Diplomatic Practice in the Middle Ages

by Pierre Chaplais

It is wrong to date the practice of diplo-macy to the Renaissance. Medieval kings relied on a network of diplomats and special envoys to conduct interna-tional relations. War, peace, marriage agreements, ransoms, trade and many other matters all had to be negotiated. To do this a remarkably sophisticated system of diplomacy developed during the mid-dle ages.

Pierre Chaplais, the eminent historian of medieval England's relations with its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852853956
• ISBN13: 9781852853952
• Release Date: July 1981
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"