1st Edition
Diplomacy and the Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy The missions of Bernardino de Rebolledo and Antonio Pimentel in Denmark and Sweden, 1648 - 1660
Introduction: The Spanish Monarchy 1648–1660: Crisis, resilience, and aristocratic servants
Prologue: The Spanish Monarchy and the Scandinavian kingdoms 1648–1660
Chapter 1: Selecting the men: Rebolledo, Pimentel, and the key importance of status
Chapter 2: “And it was resolved he was to travel under the name of envoy”: Negotiation, ranks, and innovation in the diplomatic field
Chapter 3: “A lack of favor and not a lack of means”: Money, financial networks, and the role of (dis)favor
Chapter 4: “I’m so short of news”: Managing information and making oneself heard in the Spanish Monarchy’s information network
Chapter 5: Courtly diplomacy and the defense of Spanish interests
Chapter 6: Confessional diplomacy: Rebolledo, Pimentel, and the many ways to defend Catholicism abroad
Conclusion: The Spanish Monarchy’s resilience, between personal ties and impersonal dynamics
Biography
Enrique J. Corredera Nilsson earned his PhD in 2016 through a cotutelle between Konstanz University (Germany) and the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). He has been a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bern (Switzerland), and is now at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) working on the development of Open Educational Resources and Open Access. As a historian, he focuses on early modern European political culture, particularly courtly diplomacy and the interactions of the Spanish monarchy with the Baltic region in the 17th century.
