Cambridge university press cambridge 2000 pp 262 incl index of names only isbn 0521 56189 2 buy this book this collection of essays edited and well introduced by daniela frigo of the university of trieste reflects the comparatively recent rediscovery of interest in the diplomacy of their own peninsula by italian historians the only non italian contributor is . 0 c 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 . Politics and diplomacy in early modern italy the structure of diplomatic practice 1450 1800 review july 2001 journal of interdisciplinary history 321122 123. 978 0 521 56189 1 politics and diplomacy in early modern italy the structure of diplomatic practice 1450 1800 edited by daniela frigo frontmatter p cm cambridge studies in italian history and culture includes index isbn 0 521 56189 2 hardback 1 italy foreign relations 1268 1492 case studies . This 2000 volume was the first attempt at a comparative reconstruction of the foreign policy and diplomacy of the major italian states in the early modern period the various contributions reveal the instruments and forms of foreign relations in the italian peninsula