Let's Dance! Early Modern Diplomacy and French Festival Culture, 1572-1615 (book launch)
Bram van Leuveren explores how the late Valois and early Bourbon rulers of the kingdom of France made conscious use of festivals as a tool for diplomacy in a war-torn Europe, and how diplomatic stakeholders from across the continent participated in and responded to the theatrical and ceremonial events that featured at these festivals. Analysing a large body of multilingual eyewitness and commemorative accounts, as well as visual and material objects, Van Leuveren argues that French festival culture operated as a contested site where the diplomatic concerns of stakeholders from various national, religious, and social backgrounds fought for recognition.
College of Arts School of Modern Languages and Cultures Stirling Maxwell Centre
Date: Thursday 02 November 2023
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Venue: Archives and Special Collections Seminar Room, University of Glasgow Library
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Bram van Leuveren (Leiden University)
Bram van Leuveren will be presenting his latest book, Early Modern Diplomacy and French Festival Culture in a European Context, 1572–1615 (Leiden: Brill, 2022).
Bram van Leuveren explores the rich festival culture of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century France as a tool for diplomacy. Bram van Leuveren examines how the late Valois and early Bourbon rulers of the kingdom made conscious use of festivals to advance their diplomatic interests in a war-torn Europe and how diplomatic stakeholders from across the continent participated in and responded to the theatrical and ceremonial events that featured at these festivals. Analysing a large body of multilingual eyewitness and commemorative accounts, as well as visual and material objects, Van Leuveren argues that French festival culture operated as a contested site where the diplomatic concerns of stakeholders from various national, religious, and social backgrounds fought for recognition.
This is a hybrid event (in-person and online).
- To attend in-person: members of the public who do not hold a University of Glasgow Library Card should consult the Library’s Visitors’ page on https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/visitors/ for access details.
- To attend this event online, get your unique Zoom link from https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctde-oqTovHdSJKlFwPmjBlFBWNJ9TboXN.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to receive a discount voucher for the book at the event.