Naissance de la diplomatie moderne (XIIIe-XVIIe siècles) : l'ambassadeur au croisement du droit, de l'ethique et de la politique / by Fedele, Dante, 1983-

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The embassador and his functions : to which is added, an historical discourse, concerning the election of the emperor, and the electors / by Wicquefort, Abraham de, 1606-1682

Subjects: “…Ambassadors Early works to 1800.…”
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The history of the negotiation of the ambassadors sent to the Duke of Savoy by the Protestant cantons of Switzerland concerning the Vaudois / by Teissier, Antoine, 1632-1715

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The art of negotiating with sovereign princes : of the usefulness of negotiations, of the choice of ambassadors and envoys, and of the qualifications necessary for succeeding in those imployments / by Callières, Monsieur de 1645-1717

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Library of African cinema. (A la grâce de Dieu) /

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An exact copy of a letter from the Count d'Avaux, His Most Christian Majesties ambassador at the Hague : dated the 9th of January 1684 and directed to the King his master which was intercepted by the Marquess de Grana governour of the Spanish Netherlands : as also the copies of other three letters relating to the same affair. by Avaux, comte d' 1640-1709

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A true relation of the entertainment: giuen to the honourable lord, the Lord Hayes in France, ambassador for his Maiestie of Great Brittaine. : With his receiuing into the Louure, and audience the seuenth of this present moneth of August. 1616...

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Strange nevves from France, or, The copie of a letter which was sent from thence to the ordinary ambassador for the King of France : unto His Majesty of Great Britaine who lyes in Lincolnes Inne-Fields, Febr. 8, 1641 : wherein is set downe a true relation of a most wonderfull apparition and terrible spectacle that was seene upon a mountaine in Province, February 4, 1641 : vnto the amazement of all the spectators to the number of above two thousand / by Riville, P.

“…Copie of a letter which was sent from thence to the ordinary ambassador for the King of France.…”
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A new letter concerning the Jewes, / by Chaumont, Alexandre, chevalier de, d. 1710

“…Translation of a letter from Constantinople, written by the French ambassador Monsieur de Cheaumont…”
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A memorial of the demands made by the confederate princes, which was presented by their plenipotentiaries, to the Baron de Lilienroot, the mediator plenipotentiary of the King of Sweden, and afterward communicated to the French King's plenipotentiaries at Ryswick, May 15th 1697 : with the answer of the Fr. ambassadors to the same memorial = Memoire des pretentions des princes confederez, delivré par leurs plenipotentiaires au Baron de Lilienroot, mediateur & plenipotentiaire de sa Majesté Suedoise, qui l'a communiqué aux ambassadeurs plenipotentiaire de sa Majesté tres-Chrêtienne, à Ryswick, le 15 May 1697 : avec la réponse des ambassadeurs, ausdit memoire.

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A letter from Monsieur de Cros (who was an embassador at the Treaty of Nimeguen and a resident in England in K. Ch. the Second's reign) : which may serve for an answer to the impostures of Sir. Wm. Temple, heretofore ambassador from England at the Hague and at Nimeguen ... : together with some remarks upon his memoirs, to make appear how grosly he is mistaken in the greatest part of the most important matters he relates concerning what passed from the year 1672 until the year 1679. by Du Cros, Simon, 17th cent

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The acts and negotiations, : together with the particular articles at large, of the general peace, concluded at Ryswick, by the most illustrious confederates with the French king :... by Bernard, Jacques, 1658-1718

“…Names and qualities of their excellencies the ambassadors, plenipotentiaries, publick ministers, envoys, &c. that assembled at the congress of the general peace, at the palace of Ryswick.…”
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Sogdian traders : a history / by La Vaissière, Étienne de

Table of Contents: “…List of Maps and Illustrations; General Introduction; Chapter One The Origins of the Sogdian Network: An Attempt at Chronological Delimitation; Chapter Two About the Ancient Letters; Chapter Three Trade with India; Chapter Four Sogdiana, a Major Center of Trade; Chapter Five In China; Chapter Six Structures; Chapter Seven The Turco-Sogdian Milieux; Chapter Eight Ambassadors and Merchants: The Western Routes; Chapter Nine The Sogdians in the Islamic World; Chapter Ten Ruptures and Assimilations; General Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Montaigne : a life / by Desan, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…The Eyquems' social ascension -- A first career as a magistrate (1556-1570) -- La Boétie and Montaigne: discourse on servitude and essay of allegiance -- "Witness my cannibals": the encounter with the Indians of the new world -- The making of a gentleman (1570-1580) -- The essais of 1580: moral, political, and military discourses -- The call of Rome, or how Montaigne never became an ambassador (1580-1581) -- "Messieurs of Bordeaux elected me mayor of their city" (1581-1585) -- "Benignity of the great" and "Public ruin" (1585-1588) -- The marginalization of Montaigne (1588-1592) -- Montaigne's political posterity.…”
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Montaigne : a life / by Desan, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…The call of Rome, or how Montaigne never became an ambassador (1580-1581) -- "Messieurs of Bordeaux elected me mayor of their city" (1581-1585) -- "Benignity of the great" and "public ruin" (1585-1588) -- The marginalization of Montaigne (1588-1592) -- pt. …”

The show must go on! : popular song in Britain during the First World War / by Mullen, John, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Battles, Society and Entertainment -- Portrait of an Industry : Producing Popular Music, 1914-1918 -- A Star in Focus 1 : Harry Lauder -- 'Scottish ambassador'? -- A Patchwork of Genres -- A Star in Focus 2 : Vesta Tilley -- The Woman Who Played Men -- The Songs and Their Content -- A Star in Focus 3 : Marie Lloyd -- 'Our Marie' -- If you were the only girl in the world' : Women, Men and Love in Music-hall Song -- A Star in Focus 4 : Harry Champion -- 'the spirit of the poorer parts of London' -- Songs about the War : Elite Voices and People's Voices -- 'I want to go home ' : Soldiers' Songs and Other Non-commercial Songs.…”

The birth of the despot : Venice and the Sublime Porte / by Valensi, Lucette

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Portraits of the queen mother : polemics, panegyrics, letters /

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Letters of Catherine de Médicis, Selections -- Relazioni of the Venetian Ambassadors on the Affairs of France in the Sixteenth Century, Selections -- Marvelous Discourse on the Life, Actions, and Deportment of Catherine de Médicis, Queen Mother (1576), Selections -- Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantôme, "Second Discourse on the Queen, Mother of Our Last Kings, Catherine de Médicis," Selections. …”
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Essays / by Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592

Table of Contents: “….; Chapter XIII -- The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes; Chapter XIV -- That Men Are Justly Punished for Being Obstinate in the Defence of a Fort That is Not in Reason to Be Defended; Chapter XV -- Of the Punishment of Cowardice; Chapter XVI -- A Proceeding of Some Ambassadors.…”
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The complete essays of Montaigne / by Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592

Table of Contents: “…By diverse means we arrive at the same end -- Of sadness -- Our feelings reach out beyond us -- How the soul discharges its passions on false objects when the true are wanting -- Whether the governor of a besieged place should go out to parley -- Parley time is dangerous -- That intention is judge of our actions -- Of idleness -- Of liars -- Of prompt or slow speech -- Of prognostications -- Of constancy -- Ceremony of interviews between kings -- That the taste of good and evil depends in large part on the opinion we have of them -- One is punished for defending a place obstinately without reason -- Of the punishment of cowardice -- A trait of certain ambassadors -- Of fear -- That our happiness must not be judged until after our death -- That to philosophize is to learn to die -- Of the power of the imagination -- One man's profit is another man's harm -- Of custom, and not easily changing an accepted law -- Various outcomes of the same plan -- Of pedantry --…”