The Culture of French Revolutionary Diplomacy In the Face of Europe /

• Main Authors: Frey, Linda (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Frey, Marsha (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
• Subjects: World politics.; France-History.; Diplomacy.; France-Politics and government.; Political History.; History of France.; French Politics.

This book examines the culture of the French diplomatic corps from 1789 to 1799. It analyzes how the French revolutionaries attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to transform the diplomatic culture of the old regime, notably in etiquette, language and dress and how the ideology and dynamic of the Revolu...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Mise en Scène: The Indictment
• 3. The Enemy Within: The Attack on Diplomats
• 4. The Revolutionary Theater of Power: Precedence and Etiquette
• 5. Instruments of the Revolution: Language and Dress
• 6. "Empire of Images": The Deployment of Symbols
• 7. "Quite in the Clouds": French Emissaries Abroad
• 8. Conclusion: Return to the Old.