The extraordinary mission of Lord Fauconberg to some Italian states is a pivotal moment in early modern diplomacy, and a most evocative case study of the relationship between Restoration England and Europe in the last decades of the seventeenth century. This essay will provide a close analysis of the mission and its protagonists, aiming at a re-evaluation of English diplomacy through cross-referencing English and Italian documentary evidence, but with a special attention to the Italian side of the story. By analysing how the Republic of Venice and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany – the major Italian trade partners of England –– perceived and interpreted English trade policy, it provides an original analysis of Caroline diplomacy and trade in the early Restoration era.
The Grand Tour of Mercantilism: Lord Fauconberg’s Italian Mission (1669–1671)
Andrea AddobbatiCo-primo
2022-01-01
Abstract
The extraordinary mission of Lord Fauconberg to some Italian states is a pivotal moment in early modern diplomacy, and a most evocative case study of the relationship between Restoration England and Europe in the last decades of the seventeenth century. This essay will provide a close analysis of the mission and its protagonists, aiming at a re-evaluation of English diplomacy through cross-referencing English and Italian documentary evidence, but with a special attention to the Italian side of the story. By analysing how the Republic of Venice and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany – the major Italian trade partners of England –– perceived and interpreted English trade policy, it provides an original analysis of Caroline diplomacy and trade in the early Restoration era.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
