{"product_id":"a-history-of-diplomacy-spatiality-and-islamic-ideals-9781032668529","title":"A History of Diplomacy Spatiality and Islamic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the spatial turn, this volume links for the first time the study of diplomacy and spatiality in the premodern Islamicate world to understand practices and meanings ascribed to territory and realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebates on the nature of the sovereign state as a territorially defined political entity are closely linked to discussions of modernity and to the development of the field of international relations. While scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds have long questioned the existence of such a concept as a territorial state, rarely have they ventured outside the European context. A closer look at the premodern Islamicate world, however, shows that space and territoriality highly mattered in the conception of interstate contacts and in the conduct and evolution of diplomacy. This volume addresses these issues over the \u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e (thirteenth to nineteenth centuries) and from various approaches and sources, including letters, chancery manuals, notarial re\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019155767639,"sku":"9781032668529","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032668529.jpg?v=1750779490","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-diplomacy-spatiality-and-islamic-ideals-9781032668529","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}