Overview

In the first monograph to fully examine the intersecting networks of Jacobites and travellers to the continent, Filet considers how small states used official diplomacy and deployed soft power - embodied by educational academies - to achieve foreign policy goals. This work uses little-known archival materials to explain how and why certain small states secretly supported the Jacobite cause during the crucial years surrounding the 1715 rising, while others stayed out of Jacobite affairs.At the same time, the book demonstrates how early modern small states sought to cultivate good relations with Britain by attracting travellers as part of a wider trend of ensuring connections with future diplomats or politicians in case a Stuart restoration never came. This publication therefore brings together a study of Britain, small states, Jacobitism, and educational travel, in its nexus at continental academies.

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Author:   Jérémy Filet
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.538kg
ISBN:  

9781526179920

ISBN 10:   152617992
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   22 April 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: European Small States: A Comparative Perspective 1 A Unique Position: The Duchy of Lorraine and its academy. 2 The Jacobite Diaspora, from Great Powers to Small States 3 The Jacobites and Small States’ educational institutions Part II: The Jacobites and Small States’ diplomacy 4 The Earl of Carlingford: Champion of the Jacobite Diaspora 5 Misinformed? Small States’ envoy at Queen Anne’s court 6 The Jacobite court in exile and Lorraine’s support for the ’15 Part III: Jacobitism and the Grand Tour 7 A misleading corpus? Jacobite travellers on the Continent 8 The failure of the ’15 and the decline of the Jacobite presence 9 The Jacobite absence in travel texts: Rhetorical distance or political omission? Conclusion Index -- .

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Jeremy Filet is a Lecturer in French at Manchester Metropolitan University

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