More Than a Messenger
Embodied Expertise in Mantuan Envoys to the Ottomans in the 1490s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12427644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonia Gatward Cevizli (Sotheby's Institute of Art, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166-189 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mediterranean Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1074-164X • E-ISSN: 2161-4741 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/mediterraneanstu.22.2.0166 |
| OpenAlex | W2073834484 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The 1490s saw intense diplomatic activity between Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (r. 1484–1519), and the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512). Envoys are often overlooked while attention is paid to the messages or goods that they delivered. This article, however, examines two important envoys in detail and argues that they were chosen for the specific military and technical skills that they possessed. Both envoys delivered armor to the Ottomans in defiance of a papal ban. The nature of the goods that were sent and the backgrounds of the envoys bring nuance to the notion of a uniformly adversarial relationship between the Italian city-states and the Ottomans
Adversarial system · Ancient history · Embodied cognition · Political science · Sociology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |