A lens on Renaissance diplomacy between Venice and England
Explore how Venice navigated its alliances and rivalries with England, France, and the Holy See during the early 1500s, through a wealth of translated dispatches and diary excerpts.
This edition compiles detailed reports and letters from Venetian ambassadors and officials, showing how political calculations, financial support, and personal diplomacy shaped power across Europe. Readers gain a vivid sense of the strategy, risk, and subtle diplomacy that influenced major events in Italy, France, and the English Court.
- Primary-source voices from ambassadors and state papers, including the Sanuto Diaries and letters to the Signory.
- Snapshots of key figures such as Cardinal Wolsey, Francis I, and Sebastian Giustinian, with their agendas and concerns.
- Context for critical events of 1516–1519, including treaties, truces, and shifts in allegiance.
- Rich notes on cross-channel diplomacy, finance, and how Venice balanced its ancient friendship with England.
Ideal for readers of Renaissance diplomacy, archival research, and European history who seek concrete, firsthand insight into statecraft in a turbulent period.