News Agents and Postmasters: Background Figures or Active Diplomats?
Author(s)
Michał Salamonik
Date Issued
2021
Type
article
Volume
4
Start Page
60
End Page
68
Journal
Abstract
The present study aims to examine the vital role of the postal and news infrastructure in the seventeenth-century Poland-Lithuania. The main scope of the article is to investigate what role postmasters and newsagents played in diplomatic structures by using the concept of the Black Chamber office. Emphasis is especially laid on diplomatic activities of postmasters and newsagents of Gdańsk, including their active networking, contacts with the Royal Family, the representative role of their residences as well as the intelligence activities. Finally, the article discusses the centralization of the royal power through the analysis of postal activities.
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