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)
1 Selecting the men: Rebolledo, Pimentel, and the key importance of status
2 “And it was resolved he was to travel under the name of envoy”: negotiation, ranks, and innovation in the
diplomatic field
3 “A lack of favor and not a lack of means”: money, financial networks, and the role of (dis)favor
4 “I’m so short of news”: managing information and making oneself heard in the Spanish Monarchy’s information network
5 Courtly diplomacy and the defense of Spanish interests
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 seventeenth century.
