La place des miniatures dans les échanges diplomatiques entre les grandes puissances européennes et la Papauté (XVIIe siècle – XVIIIe siècle)
Miniatures, often depicting small portraits of sovereigns, were often diplomatic gifts, particularly at wedding ceremonies. However, this type of gift was more rarely bestowed between the Pope's representatives, the nuncios, and foreign rulers. The Pope's special relationship with imagery,...
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| description | Miniatures, often depicting small portraits of sovereigns, were often diplomatic gifts, particularly at wedding ceremonies. However, this type of gift was more rarely bestowed between the Pope's representatives, the nuncios, and foreign rulers. The Pope's special relationship with imagery, and his special role in Christianity, oscillating between the spiritual representative of religion and political sovereign, led to a specific relationship with miniatures, which were only offered on rare occasions. The aim is to show on what specific occasions miniatures were presented to the Pope's ambassadors, or offered by the Pope himself to foreign sovereigns, and what material and spiritual value was given to it by contemporaries. Finally, the real effectiveness of miniatures in the exchanges between the major European powers - France, England, Spain and the Empire - and the Holy See will be discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5614c9b3caee4b96952c07df9f60092f2025-08-20T03:07:21ZengInstitut du Monde AnglophoneEtudes Epistémè1634-04502019-12-013610.4000/episteme.5276La place des miniatures dans les échanges diplomatiques entre les grandes puissances européennes et la Papauté (XVIIe siècle – XVIIIe siècle)Maëlig ChauvinMiniatures, often depicting small portraits of sovereigns, were often diplomatic gifts, particularly at wedding ceremonies. However, this type of gift was more rarely bestowed between the Pope's representatives, the nuncios, and foreign rulers. The Pope's special relationship with imagery, and his special role in Christianity, oscillating between the spiritual representative of religion and political sovereign, led to a specific relationship with miniatures, which were only offered on rare occasions. The aim is to show on what specific occasions miniatures were presented to the Pope's ambassadors, or offered by the Pope himself to foreign sovereigns, and what material and spiritual value was given to it by contemporaries. Finally, the real effectiveness of miniatures in the exchanges between the major European powers - France, England, Spain and the Empire - and the Holy See will be discussed.https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/5276portraitdiplomatic giftssovereignpopeapostolic nuncioambassador |
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| title | La place des miniatures dans les échanges diplomatiques entre les grandes puissances européennes et la Papauté (XVIIe siècle – XVIIIe siècle) |
| title_full | La place des miniatures dans les échanges diplomatiques entre les grandes puissances européennes et la Papauté (XVIIe siècle – XVIIIe siècle) |
| title_fullStr | La place des miniatures dans les échanges diplomatiques entre les grandes puissances européennes et la Papauté (XVIIe siècle – XVIIIe siècle) |
| title_full_unstemmed | La place des miniatures dans les échanges diplomatiques entre les grandes puissances européennes et la Papauté (XVIIe siècle – XVIIIe siècle) |
| title_short | La place des miniatures dans les échanges diplomatiques entre les grandes puissances européennes et la Papauté (XVIIe siècle – XVIIIe siècle) |
| title_sort | la place des miniatures dans les echanges diplomatiques entre les grandes puissances europeennes et la papaute xviie siecle xviiie siecle |
| topic | portrait diplomatic gifts sovereign pope apostolic nuncio ambassador |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/5276 |
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