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Diplomacy as Experience of the Other
French Consuls in the Maghreb (1700â1840)
Series: - Rulers & Elites, Volume: 23
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This book, initially published in French in 2002, has served as a foundational reference for the emerging field of âNew Diplomatic History.â Adopting a microhistorical approach, Christian Windler proposed a novel paradigm for the cultural and social history of diplomacy. His work combines a focus on the extraordinarily well-documented life of a French consul with an examination of cultural representations, interaction rituals, and gift-giving practices in a cultural contact zone from 1700 to 1840. The author demonstrates how the plural diplomatic order of the early modern Mediterranean region was challenged by the Atlantic revolutions, which resulted in the emergence of new forms of coexistence marked by the growing predominance of European powers.
Christian Windler is Professor Emeritus of Early Modern History at the University of Bern (Switzerland). He specializes in the social and cultural history of diplomacy, religious practices, and global entanglements from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.
Scholars, researchers, and students interested in the history of diplomacy and the history of France, the Maghreb, and the Mediterranean region in the eighteenth and nineteenth century more generally. International Relations scholars and students. Keywords: New Diplomatic History; Global Microhistory; Cultural History; Social History; International relations; consuls; cultural representations; court ceremonial; interaction rituals; gift-giving; contact zones; France; Great Britain; Italy; Spain; Malta; Ottoman Empire; Maghreb; Mediterranean region; French Revolution; Atlantic revolutions; Imperialism.