William James Roosen has written the first general study of European diplomacy in the age of Louis XIV which is based on the actual practices and institutions of that era, rather than on the writing of early theoreticians
INTRODUCTION, I THE ST ATES OF EUROPE, THEIR DIPLOMACY AND WARS, II KINGS AND MINISTERS: THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, OF DIPLOMACY AND CREATION OF FOREIGN POLICIES, III AMBASSADORS, IV SECOND CLASS DIPLOMATS: LOW IN PRESTIGE, HIGH IN IMPORTANCE, V A TYPICAL EARLY MODERN EMBASSY, VI INFORMATION: IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY, VII THE VARIETY OF DIPLOMATIC DUTIES, CONCLUSION, CHRONOLOGY, APPENDIX, BIBLIOGRAPHY
