New Worlds?

The Peace of Utrecht (1713) was perhaps the first political treaty that had a global impact. It not only ended a European-wide conflict, but led to a cessation of hostilities on the American continent and Indian subcontinent, as well as naval warfare worldwide. The treaty also marked an important step in the development of an integrated world-

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Inken Schmidt-Voges is a Full Professor for Early Modern History of Europe at the Philipps-University of Marburg in Germany.

Ana Crespo Solana is Tenured Scientist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain.

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Introduction: New Worlds? Transformations in the Culture of International Relations Around the Peace of Utrecht

[Inken Schmidt-Voges and Ana Crespo Solana]

Part I: Politics

1. The Peace Settlement and the Reshaping of Spain (to c. 1725)

[Christopher Storrs]

2. The Repercussions of the Treaties of Utrecht for Spanish Colonial Trade and the Struggle to Retain Spanish America

[Ana Crespo Solana]

3. Continuity and Change in Spanish-Dutch Relations Between Westphalia (1648) and Utrecht (1714)

[Manuel Herrero Sánchez]

4. Disagreement over a Peace Agreement: The Barrier Treaty and the Conditional Transfer of the Southern Netherlands to Austria

[Klaas Van Gelder]

5. Savoyard Representatives in Utrecht: Political-Aristocratic Networks and the Diplomatic Modernization of the State

[Paola Bianchi]

6. Ending a Religious Cold War: Confessional Trans-State Networks and the Peace of Utrecht

[Sugiko Nishikawa]

Part II: Perceptions

7. Old Worlds, New Worlds?: Contemporary Reflections upon International Relations ca. 1713

[David Onnekink]

8. Empire and the Treaty of Utrecht (1713)

[Steven Pincus]

9. The "Balance of Power" in British Arguments over Peace, 16971713

[Tony Claydon]

10. From the Warrior King to the Peaceful King: Louis XIV's Public Image and the Peace of Utrecht

[Solange Rameix]

11. Diverging Concepts of Peace in German Newspapers 1712/1713. A Case-Study of the Hamburger Relations-Courier

]Inken Schmidt-Voges]