Toby Osborne
Chair of Examiners / Associate Professor
Department of History
Durham University
United Kingdom
Biography
Toby Osborne is Member in the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Chair of Examiners / Associate Professor (Early Modern European History) in the Department of History, Member of the Centre for 17th-Century Studies and Member in the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture.
Research Interest
Toby Osborne is interested in early-modern court history and diplomatic culture. He has worked on the Piedmontese diplomat, abbé and art patron, Alessandro Scaglia (1592-1641), known throughout the courts of Europe, from London to Rome, during the period of the Thirty Years’ War. His work has a strong international character, with a focus on Catholic Europe and the Italian peninsula. He is currently working on several strands of research, including the papal court, the competition for status and prestige amongst the dynastic powers of Italy, the subject of exile in the seventeenth century, and international diplomatic culture. He would welcome interest in early-modern court and elite history, covering Britain and Europe.
Publications
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Osborne, T (2000). Abbot Scaglia, the Duke of Buckingham and Anglo-Savoyard relations during the 1620s. European History Quarterly 30: 5-32.
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Osborne, T (2000). Chimeres, monopolies and stratagems: French exiles in the Spanish Netherlands during the Thirty Years War. Seventeenth Century 15: 149-74.
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Osborne, T (2007). The surrogate war between the Savoys and the Medici: sovereignty and precedence in early modern Italy. International History Review 29(1): 1-21.
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Osborne, T (2007). The surrogate war between the Savoys and the Medici: sovereignty and precedence in early modern Italy. International History Review 29(1): 1-21.
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Osborne, T. & Rubiés, J-P. (2016). Introduction: Diplomacy and Cultural Translation in the Early Modern World. Journal of Early Modern History 20(4): 313-330.
