Early Modern Diplomacy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span> </p><p>The TravArt project did not only focus on gift-giving between <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/emdiplomats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emdiplomats</span></a>, but took a much wider approach discussing different processes of exchange between the different lines of the Habsburg dynasty. What objects were asked for and sent, e.g. from Madrid to Vienna? How did they define taste in the discussions of these objects? <br>To give you an example: Christopher Laferl from Salzburg University asked what kinds of gifts were exchanged between the brothers Emperor Charles V, the later Ferdinand I and their sister Mary of Hungary? Their letters are full of references to special foods, furs, jewelry, paintings or horses, that obtained for each other. (4/)</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MaterialCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaterialCulture</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HabsburgMonarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HabsburgMonarchy</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HabsburgStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HabsburgStudies</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HabsburgArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HabsburgArt</span></a></p>