After Lavinia: A Literary History of Premodern Marriage Diplomacy by John Watkins

After Lavinia: A Literary History of Premodern Marriage Diplomacy

John Watkins

288 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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The Renaissance jurist Alberico Gentili once quipped that, just like comedies, all wars end in a marriage. In medieval and early modern Europe, marriage treaties were a perennial feature of the diplomatic landscape. When one ruler decided to make ...

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