Double agents : cultural and political brokerage in early modern Europe /
The early modern system of brokerage as a widespread practice of transmission and dissemination of political, intellectual and cultural ideas and objects has, in recent years, received some scholarly attention. Agents from different professional backgrounds diplomats, scholars, artists, priests, boo...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011
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| Series: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ;
v. 154. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The early modern system of brokerage as a widespread practice of transmission and dissemination of political, intellectual and cultural ideas and objects has, in recent years, received some scholarly attention. Agents from different professional backgrounds diplomats, scholars, artists, priests, booksellers and merchants have, however, been studied mostly from a single, disciplinary perspective. The chapters making up this present volume all focus on individuals and professional groups who, in the course of their careers, became involved in multiple modes of cultural and political transfer. To. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 280 pages, 21 pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004215078 9004215077 1283161443 9781283161442 9786613161444 6613161446 |
| ISSN: | 1573-4188 ; |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
