La comunicazione diplomatica nelle stanze segrete di Ferrante D’Aragona (1458-1494): setting analitico o «artificio di franchezza»

Francesco Storti

  • Pagine:   71-102
  • Prezzo:   7,00 
  • Rivista:   Studi Storici
  • Fascicolo:   1/2020 – Studi Storici
  • DOI:   10.7375/96527
In breve

During the 15th century, diplomacy in Italy underwent an extraordinary formalization pro­cess. The aims of diplomatic action were increasingly well defined, and the role of the am­bassador was regulated and disciplined. A kind of standard diplomatic representation was reached by a common patrimony of gestures and words within those places predisposed for diplomatic communication. However, this system showed some rifts: cracks in which the seed of those forms that were to give life to the political season of the Reason of State was able to sprout. This essay analyzes precisely these cracks, starting from a privileged vantage point: the Aragonese court of Naples, which was one of the cradles for that new political practice.

Keywords: Diplomacy, Political practice, Reason of State, Aragonese Naples.

Parole chiave: Diplomazia, Prassi politica, Ragion di Stato, Napoli aragonese.

During the 15th century, diplomacy in Italy underwent an extraordinary formalization pro­cess. The aims of diplomatic action were increasingly well defined, and the role of the am­bassador was regulated and disciplined. A kind of standard diplomatic representation was reached by a common patrimony of gestures [...]

The Diplomatic Communication in the Secret Rooms of Ferrante of Aragon (1458-1494): Psychoanalytic Setting or «Artificio di Franchezza» / La comunicazione diplomatica nelle stanze segrete di Ferrante D’Aragona (1458-1494): setting analitico o «artificio di franchezza»

Francesco Storti

  • Pagine:   71-102
  • Prezzo:   7,00 
  • DOI:   10.7375/96527
In breve

During the 15th century, diplomacy in Italy underwent an extraordinary formalization pro­cess. The aims of diplomatic action were increasingly well defined, and the role of the am­bassador was regulated and disciplined. A kind of standard diplomatic representation was reached by a common patrimony of gestures and words within those places predisposed for diplomatic communication. However, this system showed some rifts: cracks in which the seed of those forms that were to give life to the political season of the Reason of State was able to sprout. This essay analyzes precisely these cracks, starting from a privileged vantage point: the Aragonese court of Naples, which was one of the cradles for that new political practice.

Keywords: Diplomacy, Political practice, Reason of State, Aragonese Naples.

Parole chiave: Diplomazia, Prassi politica, Ragion di Stato, Napoli aragonese.

During the 15th century, diplomacy in Italy underwent an extraordinary formalization pro­cess. The aims of diplomatic action were increasingly well defined, and the role of the am­bassador was regulated and disciplined. A kind of standard diplomatic representation was reached by a common patrimony of gestures [...]