The embassy in Venice of Jean de Morvillier (1547-1550)

The article is about the embassy in Venice of Jean de Morvillier at the end of the reign of Francis I. After the discovery of the spy network set up by his predecessor Pellicier, Morvillier must rebuild a collaborative relationship with the Venetians, without giving up the recovery of dispersed agents and recruiting new ones. He surrounds himself with humanists, scholars, spies, and heretics.