Immobile Ambassadors: Gout in Early Modern Diplomacy

Gout was among the most common physical complaints encountered in the dispatches of early modern ambassadors, yet ambassadorial illnesses have received little more than anecdotal asides in the literature on early modern diplomacy and statecraft. This article argues that diplomats' experiences o...

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Main Author: Williams, Megan K. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publ. [2016]
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2016, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 939-969
RelBib Classification:KBA Western Europe
TJ Modern history
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Public officers Health
B Gout History
B History of diplomats
B Europe Foreign relations History
B RHETORIC & politics History
B Statesmen
B History of diplomacy
B Early Modern History
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