TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - The diplomatic enlightenment : Spain, Europe, and the age of speculation T2 - History of European political and constitutional thought A1 - Jones Corredera, Edward, kirjoittaja LA - eng PP - Leiden ; Boston PB - Brill YR - 2021 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5572808 AB - "This book reconfigures the study of the origins of the Enlightenment in the Spanish Empire. Challenging dominant interpretations of the period, this book shows that early eighteenth-century Spanish authors turned to Enlightenment ideas to reinvent Spain's role in the European balance of power. And while international law grew to provide a legal framework that could safeguard peace, Spanish officials, diplomats, and authors, hardened by the failure of Spanish diplomacy, sought instead to regulate international relations by drawing on investment, profit, and self-interest. The book shows, on the basis of new archival research, that the Diplomatic Enlightenment sought to turn the Spanish Empire into a space for closer political cooperation with other European and non-European states and empires"-- SN - 978-90-04-46906-8 kovakantinen SN - 9004469060 kovakantinen KW - 1700-luku KW - 1700-1799 KW - valistus (aatteet) KW - valistuksen aika KW - diplomaattisuhteet KW - kansainväliset suhteet KW - taloussuhteet KW - historia KW - Enlightenment : Spain : History : 18th century. KW - Diplomatic relations. KW - Enlightenment. KW - International economic relations. KW - Politics and government. KW - Espanja KW - Eurooppa KW - Spain : Foreign relations : 18th century. KW - Spain : Politics and government : 18th century. KW - Spain : Foreign economic relations : 18th century. KW - Spain. ER -