Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1252572
Gift Giving in Dubrovnik`s First Diplomatic Contacts with the Sublime Porte
Gift Giving in Dubrovnik`s First Diplomatic Contacts with the Sublime Porte // Portals: Spaces of Encounter, Entanglement and Exchange
Split, Hrvatska, 2017. (predavanje, nije recenziran, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Gift Giving in Dubrovnik`s First Diplomatic Contacts
with the Sublime Porte
Autori
Šoštarić, Valentina
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni
Skup
Portals: Spaces of Encounter, Entanglement and Exchange
Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 25.09.2017. - 26.09.2017
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran
Ključne riječi
Dubrovnik, Ottoman Empire, diplomatic gifts, material culture, diplomacy, 15th century
Sažetak
In 1430 Dubrovnik’s authorities decided to send ambassadors to the Sublime Porte for the first time. An important part of the preparatory activities was to decide to whom gifts should be presented, and what should be the nature and value of the gifts presented to the various recipients. Gifts were carefully wrapped diplomatic messages that their recipients could interpret in various ways. Gift rhetoric was used primarily to achieve strategic interests and was an ideological tool used both as a sign and an instrument. An analysis of the nature and value of the objects that ambassadors gave to their hosts reveals the “collective identity” of the community that preoccupied the City fathers, offers an insight into Dubrovnik’s trade connections and local production of luxury goods, as well as their reception in a different cultural landscape. Sources kept in the Dubrovnik State Archive allow us to reconstruct the list of Dubrovnik’s diplomatic gifts presented to various individuals at the Sublime Porte from the time of the establishment of the first official diplomatic contacts until the City became a tributary state. The gifts can be categorized according to the political and social rank of the recipients. Interpretation of the reasoning underlying the selection of gifts offers an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of their pragmatic purposes, their origin and production, their value (economic, social, cultural, practical, emotional), and manipulation of their usage. As well as influencing both contemporary and future Ragusan – Ottoman relations, the gifts encouraged symbolic, material, and cultural exchanges between diverse civilizations.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
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