Diplomatins Ideal Och Praktik. Utländska Sändebud I
:3'4/89/81','1:29+9+4 +28/4-,578:4/;+78/9+9 #" !# $#>"">$"# E -.'(%-*+ "% 8533+*9/2289@4*';.:3'4/89/81','1:29+9+4;/*+28/4-,578:4/;+78/9+9 ,7'32?--+89/225,,+492/--7'4814/4-/8'2 9.+4'(=--4'*+4,7+*'-+4*+4 *+)+3(+7 12 +28/4-,578 Omslagsbild: Representation du feu d'artifice, tiré à La Haye le 13 juin 1749, à l'occasion de la Paix d'Aix-la-Chapelle (detalj). Nederländsk gravyr 1749. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. ISBN 978-951-51-5690-7 (hft) ISBN 978-951-51-5691-4 (PDF) Unigrafia Helsingfors 2019 During the 1740s, the War of the Austrian Succession influenced the foreign policy of many European countries. The Swedish Diet of 1746–1747 dealt with different alliance options, resulting in the diplomatic corps to engage more actively in government affairs in Stockholm. This dissertation examines diplomacy as a social practice created by individual agents by focusing on the relationship between diplomacy, opinions, and everyday conflicts. The study builds on previous research on early-modern diplomacy, public opinion and foreign envoys in Sweden during the Age of Liberty. Contrary to studies highlighting foreign influence on Swedish politics, it focuses on influence in the opposite direction by discussing how local politics influenced the diplomatic agency of different embassies. The theoretical framework builds on the notion of early-modern diplomatic agents as an epistemic community with a shared set of norms and the notion that early-modern society was characterized by competing normative systems. The study addresses three questions.
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