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New Worlds?: Transformations in the Culture of International Relations Around the Peace of Utrecht book cover

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New Worlds? Transformations in the Culture of International Relations Around the Peace of Utrecht

Edited By Inken Schmidt-Voges, Ana Crespo Solana Copyright 2017
242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge
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The Peace of Utrecht (1713) was perhaps the first political treaty that had a global impact. It not only ended a European-wide conflict, but also led to a cessation of hostilities on the American continent and Indian subcontinent, as well as naval warfare worldwide. More than this, however - as the chapters in this volume clearly demonstrate - the treaty marked an important step in the... Read more

Introduction: New Worlds? Transformations in the Culture of International Relations Around the Peace of Utrecht



[Inken Schmidt-Voges and Ana Crespo Solana]





Part I: Politics





1. The Peace Settlement and the Reshaping of Spain (to c. 1725)



[Christopher Storrs]





2. The Repercussions of the Treaties of Utrecht for Spanish Colonial Trade and the Struggle to Retain Spanish America



[Ana Crespo Solana]





3. Continuity and Change in Spanish-Dutch Relations Between Westphalia (1648) and Utrecht (1714)



[Manuel Herrero Sánchez]





4. Disagreement over a Peace Agreement: The Barrier Treaty and the Conditional Transfer of the Southern Netherlands to Austria



[Klaas Van Gelder]





5. Savoyard Representatives in Utrecht: Political-Aristocratic Networks and the Diplomatic Modernization of the State



[Paola Bianchi]





6. Ending a Religious Cold War: Confessional Trans-State Networks and the Peace of Utrecht



[Sugiko Nishikawa]





Part II: Perceptions





7. Old Worlds, New Worlds?: Contemporary Reflections upon International Relations ca. 1713



[David Onnekink]





8. Empire and the Treaty of Utrecht (1713)



[Steven Pincus]





9. The "Balance of Power" in British Arguments over Peace, 1697–1713



[Tony Claydon]





10. From the Warrior King to the Peaceful King: Louis XIV’s Public Image and the Peace of Utrecht



[Solange Rameix]





11. Diverging Concepts of Peace in German Newspapers 1712/1713. A Case-Study of the Hamburger Relations-Courier



]Inken Schmidt-Voges]

Biography

Inken Schmidt-Voges is a Full Professor for Early Modern History of Europe at the Philipps-University of Marburg in Germany.



Ana Crespo Solana is Tenured Scientist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain.

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