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diplomatie und gelehrtenrepublik die kontakte des franzosischen gesandten jaques bongars 1554 1612
in the late 16th century france rose to be a great power after decades of religious civil war . for this king henri iv depended on highly qualified envoys and correspondents . jaques bongars 15541612 was one of these diplomats . as a scholar and humanist he also belonged to an international network . in his political missions bongars was often able to use his many contacts with germany the netherlands england and eastern europe . the biography affords an insight into the day to day workings of european diplomacy at the beginning of the modern age .