Berichten Als Kommunikative Herausforderung: Europaische Gesandtenberichte Der Fruhen Neuzeit in Praxeologischer Perspektive

For a long time, research was only interested in those envoy reports that talked about alliances, peace agreements or diplomatic negotiations. Here a praxeological perspective directs the inquiring gaze to the reports themselves - to the reports as artifacts, to the reporting practices and the handling of the reports. Diplomatic communication can thus be understood in terms of its everyday practice. As a result, specific communicative challenges become visible that the apparently so natural reporting brought with it for both writers and readers in the early modern period. With its detailed introduction, the seven exploratory studies and the pointed commentary, the volume consequently makes an important contribution to measuring the field of investigation of the New History of Diplomacy.