Women, diplomacy and international politics since 1500 [electronic resource] / edited by Glenda Sluga and Carolyn James.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Women and diplomacy in Renaissance Italy / Carolyn James -- 2. Cousins and queens : familial ties, political ambition and epistolary diplomacy in Renaissance Europe / Elena Woodacre -- 3. Dynastic relations on an international stage : Margaret de la Marck (1527-1599) and Arenberg family strategy during the Dutch Revolt / Mirella Marini -- 4. Lady Anne Fanshawe, ambassadress of England at the Court of Madrid (1664-1666) / Laura Olivan Santaliestra -- 5. Marriage plots : royal women, marriage diplomacy and international politics at the Spanish, French and Imperial Courts, 1665-1679 / Silvia Z. Mitchell -- 6. 'Paper negotiations' : women and diplomacy in the early eighteenth century / Corina Bastian -- 7. Women, diplomacy and international politics, before and after the Congress of Vienna / Glenda Sluga -- 8. The Tsar's sister as state diplomat : Maria Pavlovna between Weimar and Saint Petersburg on the eve of the Congress of Vienna / Franziska Schedewie -- 9. A 'goodwill ambassador' in the post-Napoleonic era : Roxandra Edling-Sturdza on the European scene / Stella Ghervas -- 10. Gendering diplomatic history : women in the British diplomatic service, circa 1919-1972 / Helen McCarthy -- 11. Gender and international relations through the lens of the League of Nations (1919-1945) / Madeleine Herren -- 12. Advocating for a feminist internationalism between the wars / Laura Beers -- 13. A woman's place is in the embassy : America's first female chiefs of mission, 1933-1964 / Philip Nash -- 14. Vangie Bruce's diplomatic salon : a mid-twentieth-century portrait / Kenneth Weisbrode -- 15. The performance of diplomacy : the residence, gender and diplomatic wives in late twentieth-century Sweden / Nevra Biltekin.

Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2015]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.