Series | Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia
Volume | «Con licenza de’ Superiori»
Chapter | Wikileaks nel Seicento: corrieri svaligiati e lettere intercettate durante la Guerra dei Trent’anni
Abstract
Traiano Boccalini and Ferrante Pallavicino wrote famous fictions centred on mugged couriers and opened mailbags. Actual such cases were frequent during the 30 Years War. This chapter discusses the letters of Alvise Vallaresso, Venetian ambassador in London 1622-1624. They were opened in post-masters’ offices; robbed from couriers by thieves or enemy soldiers; seized together with the ambassador’s personal archive while on the way back to Italy at the end of his mission. As in fiction, groups of readers then read and discussed letters together – including ambassadors, secretaries, ministers and the emperor himself. Such is the frequency of these events that we need to speak not of mishaps but of standard practices.
Submitted: May 22, 2023 | Published Oct. 23, 2023 | Language: it
Keywords Black cabinets • Letter writing • Alvise Vallaresso • Information • Ferrante Pallavicino • Fulgenzio Micanzio • Post-Thirty Years War
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de Vivo Filippo |
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Wikileaks nel Seicento: corrieri svaligiati e lettere intercettate durante la Guerra dei Trent’anni |
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Chapter |
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it |
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Traiano Boccalini and Ferrante Pallavicino wrote famous fictions centred on mugged couriers and opened mailbags. Actual such cases were frequent during the 30 Years War. This chapter discusses the letters of Alvise Vallaresso, Venetian ambassador in London 1622-1624. They were opened in post-masters’ offices; robbed from couriers by thieves or enemy soldiers; seized together with the ambassador’s personal archive while on the way back to Italy at the end of his mission. As in fiction, groups of readers then read and discussed letters together – including ambassadors, secretaries, ministers and the emperor himself. Such is the frequency of these events that we need to speak not of mishaps but of standard practices. |
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Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
dc.issued |
2023-10-23 |
dc.dateSubmitted |
2023-05-22 |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-733-3/wikileaks-nel-seicento-corrieri-svaligiati-e-lette/ |
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10.30687/978-88-6969-727-2/011 |
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2610-9875 |
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2610-9093 |
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978-88-6969-733-3 |
dc.identifier.eisbn |
978-88-6969-727-2 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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no |
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Alvise Vallaresso |
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Black cabinets |
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Ferrante Pallavicino |
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Fulgenzio Micanzio |
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Information |
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Letter writing |
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Post-Thirty Years War |
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