Francois de Callieres and Diplomatic Theory

Francois de Callieres (1645–1717) was a diplomatic envoy and man of letters who in 1716 published De la Manière de Négocier avec les Souverains. A Normand of literate and noble, but modest ancestry, he lived for many years in various parts of Europe before securing, somewhat late in a long life, a p...

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Published in:The Historical journal 1973-09, Vol.16 (3), p.485-508
Main Author: Keens-Soper, Maurice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambassadors
Consuls
Diplomacy
Diplomats
Foreign affairs
French literature
Political diplomacy
Renaissance literature
Treatises
War
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Summary:Francois de Callieres (1645–1717) was a diplomatic envoy and man of letters who in 1716 published De la Manière de Négocier avec les Souverains. A Normand of literate and noble, but modest ancestry, he lived for many years in various parts of Europe before securing, somewhat late in a long life, a position in the service of Louis XIV. Although he won admission to the Académie Française for a panegyric on the King and published several other books including a noteworthy contribution to the ‘Battle of the Ancients and Moderns’, the high point in his sombre but determined life came during the Nine Years War when as a secret envoy he negotiated the crucial terms with the Dutch which led to the Congress of Ryswick (1697) and peace. Thereafter he held the sensitive position of secrétaire du cabinet at Versailles and supplied the secretary of state for foreign affairs with a flow of memoranda on the conditions of peace.
ISSN:0018-246X
1469-5103
DOI:10.1017/S0018246X00002910