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Ragusan ambassadors – the hinge between the local community and the Angevins

The aim of this talk is to discuss the role of Ragusan envoys who played a crucial role in the establishment and maintenance of relationships between their hometown and the Angevin court. Those individuals intermediated in communication between the „center of power“ and „local community“ utilizing their privileged position trying to reach their personal gains. Multidimensional interactions in which envoys were involved are seen as an important driving force that influenced re(shaping) of political and social realities in which the „center of power“ and „periphery“ co-existed and simultaneously mutually interwind. This study is focused on interpersonal contacts of Ragusan diplomats who bridged the local authorities and the Angevins in the critical period before signing the Treaty of Visegrad in 1358 and the years ahead. Following the career path of Ragusan ambassadors, who were elected to represent the community in front of the Angevins, their private, marital, and clientelistic relationships will be discussed in order to gain insight into their personal networks, as well as modes of their establishing, maintenance, and utilization, and problems that occur between its members. The personal socio-political position and power of those influential Ragusan diplomats were often connected with moral values as honor and trust, as well as emotions like fear, envy, and love.

Ragusa ; ambassadors ; Angevins ; Ludovik I ; mediation

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