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• Autore/i
  Cont, A.
• Titolo pubblicazione
  Corte britannica e Stati italiani. Rapporti politici, diplomatici e culturali (1685-1688), prefazione di Christopher Storrs
• Casa editrice
  Società Editrice Dante Alighieri
• Luogo pubblicazione
  Roma
• Titolo collana di libri o del giornale
  Biblioteca della Nuova Rivista Storica
• Numero di serie del libro o giornale
  55
• Abstract
  During the reign of James II/VII Stuart (1685-1688), the political, diplomatic and cultural relations between the British court and the Italian states flourished as never before. This was due above all to the Roman-Catholic faith of the king and the lively personality of his consort Maria Beatrice d’Este («Mary of Modena»), while the growing English economic power was acquiring commercial dominance in the Mediterranean area. With the help of thousands of unpublished papers, the book by Alessandro Cont reconstructs the British diplomatic network in Italy during this period, the personalities and orientations of the ministers of Italian princes accredited to the court of Whitehall, the queen’s dynastic policy and the peculiar characteristics of her Italian entourage of chaplains, servants, artists and musicians.
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