...This chapter evaluates the fishing industry from the perspective of fishermen and the US consuls who became intimately intertwined with the business of fishing as they were forced to deal with the fallout from the repeated collisions between fishermen and British sailors. It looks at a diary kept...

..., the consuls, the Greek ships, and the local Christian population. The chief operators in this complex situation of insurgency were the consuls of the Powers, the Admirals who formed a governing Council for Crete, local Cretan leaders, and a Greek force under Colonel Vassos. The Greek and Cretan aim was union...

... tipping-points: between culturally similar small-scale polities, between culturally different large-scale polities, permanent bilateral diplomacy, and permanent multilateral diplomacy. The consular institution has seen three: the emergence of the consul as the judge of a trading colony, the judge...

...As with so many of the groups making up the ‘forgotten French’, the Vichy consuls did not have a particularly happy time in Britain. They were under suspicion from the outset, and were always personae non gratae in the eyes of the Free French, the Spears Mission, and MI5 who worked...

... consuls to protect their nationals resident in the Philippines, but the ‘Young Turks’ appointed a career consul in Manila in 1910–11. After April 1917, Ottoman subjects became ‘allies of enemy’, despite the largely ‘Syrian’ community protesting its allegiance to the USA. After the First World War, the US...

... of consuls he had already installed there. Augustus Calendar Julian Degrassi Attilio Fasti Fasti Anni Fasti Consulares Fasti Triumphales Forum Roman Magistrates Roman Rome city Capitoline temple Colonies Consular dating system Roman Consuls Days Roman Eponymity Fulvius Nobilior M Hanell K...

..., in reality its contentious position at a crossroads between the Chinese and foreign worlds placed it at the centre of political storms. Negotiating delicate relationships with other powerbrokers, such as local Chinese officials and foreign consuls, was essential to performing Customs work. Overall...

.... At the same time, Shin clergy—in particular, the heads of the HHMH and the BMNA—maintained close relations with their regional Japanese consuls, who often helped them mediate the breakup of a local bukkyōkai. acculturation Americanization of Shin Buddhism Asia Chinese Buddhists frontiers...

... archaeology historical evolution Merkel Angela Obama Barack diplomacy social evolution consuls Diplomacy is about handling the Other. Whether it is defined as ‘the transmitting of messages between one independent political community and another’ ( Bull 1977 : 164), ‘the conduct of business between...

...This chapter is co-written with Halvard Leira and discusses the evolution of what we have come to call the consul. The first part looks at consular work avant la letter. We discuss the emergence of intermediary functions between a polity or a group within a polity and a group from another polity...

... consular activities consuls consular institution diplomacy foreign ministries national interest Consular affairs have long been regarded by foreign ministries as a matter of necessity. This is hardly surprising as they are of a practical nature, largely dealing with assistance and commercial concerns...

...Trusts were not actionable during the advent of the Republic. Contrary to traditional methods wherein jurisdictions were established within the civil courts' existing structure or within the formulary system, Augustus entrusted this jurisdiction not to the magistrates but instead to the consuls...

..., Wilhelm was a prominent figure in Moscow society: he was a leading merchant, a philanthropist, a leader in his Lutheran congregation, the consul of Prussia, and a friend of Russian literati (Mikhail Pogodin was a relative and close friend), and he achieved the coveted social status of hereditary honored...

..., but in practical terms, that task belonged to consuls. This chapter examines how the system of consuls and commercial agents addressed the needs of American merchant vessels and citizens abroad despite having no clear definition of their duties and powers. Prompted by the seamen who came to their offices for help...

... active and complex urban aristocracy between 1050 and 1150. The chapter first describes the overall development of Milan and its government, first archiepiscopal, then communal, in 1050–1150 before focusing on who its consuls were and how their social composition changed. It also considers some...

...On the eve of civil war, in December 50 bc and the first week of January 49 bc, illegality became official where one would least expect it: in the Senate. It was the new consuls who, immediately on taking office, personally sanctioned the break with legality. In their start...

...Diplomatic immunity Consular relations Specific treaties Treaties, application UN Charter Immunity from jurisdiction Immunity from jurisdiction, consuls Immunity from jurisdiction, waiver Not being diplomatic officers, consuls do not enjoy the broad immunity from civil and criminal...

...This chapter provides commentary on Books V and VI of Tacitus' Annals. The annalistic framework of the Annals is emphasised by the fact that, with the exception of AD 20, each year begins with the names of the two consuls who entered office on January 1...

... of the Confederate government all helped turn the tide of opinion. In addition, the French consuls’ dispatches depicted a very negative image of the Southern elite. The French reactions of astonishment, dismay, and indignation at Lincoln’s death are proof that the vision of a pro-Southern France should be qualified...

... into two parts. The first part shows that, by calling an emergency meeting of the senate, the consuls took Drusus Libo to be an immediate threat. The second part establishes that Drusus Libo was not, as is commonly held, accused of a criminal fascination with the occult, but rather of intending to cause...