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"Diplomacy is a complex discipline requiring knowledge in various other disciplines, namely international relations, international law, economics and history. In attempting to familiarise students of diplomacy and diplomats with these disciplines, the author approaches them from…
"Diplomacy is a complex discipline requiring knowledge in various other disciplines, namely international relations, international law, economics and history. In attempting to familiarise students of diplomacy and diplomats with these disciplines, the author approaches them from…
This book examines the role of envoys in the period from the establishment of the first 'barbarian kingdoms' in the West, to the eve of Justinian's wars of reconquest. It makes a significant contribution to the developing field of ancient and medieval communication.
Warfare and dislocation are obvious features of the break-up of the late Roman West, but this crucial period of change was characterized also by communication and diplomacy. The great events of the late antique West were determined by the quieter labours of countless envoys, who…
Beginning with a description of the status of embassies and political communications towards the end of the Roman Empire, Andrew Gillett's analysis of diplomatic communication in the period of the 'fall of Rome' focuses on the role of envoys.
This book examines the role of envoys in the period from the establishment of the first 'barbarian kingdoms' in the West, to the eve of Justinian's wars of reconquest. It makes a significant contribution to the developing field of ancient and medieval communication.
