Diplomatische Gaben des Moskauer Reichs und Polen-Litauens in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts: Symbolische Kommunikation zwischen Zaren, Königen und Hetmanen

Either these "wordless messages" were to demonstrate willingness for peace (as in the case of the Mother of God icon brought back to Moscow by the Polish-Lithuanian envoys in 1667), or it had to give an object-lesson from one sover - eign to another (as it was with the saber re-given by Pe...

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Published in:Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 2015, Vol.63 (1), p.69-98
Main Author: Berezhnaya, Liliya
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
17th century
Foreign policy
Gifts
International relations
Peter I, Tsar of Russia (1672-1725)
Polish language
Russian language
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Summary:Either these "wordless messages" were to demonstrate willingness for peace (as in the case of the Mother of God icon brought back to Moscow by the Polish-Lithuanian envoys in 1667), or it had to give an object-lesson from one sover - eign to another (as it was with the saber re-given by Peter the Great to King August in 1709). [...]the intermediary role of the Hetmans, their profound knowledge of diplomatic traditions of neighboring countries helped Muscovy/Russia to promote further contacts and to avoid symbolic misunderstandings. Mazepa's gifts testified for his changing role on the international scene (at the beginning as a true subject of the Russian tsar, later as an independent ruler). PERNAL, ANDREW The Expenditures of the Crown Treasury for Financing of Diplomacy between Poland and the Ukraine during the Reign of Jan Kazimierz, in:
ISSN:0021-4019
2366-2891
DOI:10.25162/jgo-2015-0004