Original scientific paper
Diplomatic ceremonial – an essential comunication form in neogotiations regarding the expansion of the Dubrovnik borders
Valentina Zovko
; Sveučilište u Zadru, Zadar, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper tackles the issue of the importance of diplomatic ritual and ceremonial in sending messages and creating the outcome of the negotiations regarding the expansion of the Dubrovnik territory at the end of the 14th century and in the first half of the 15th century. The composition and size of the embassy, its level of equipment, clothes the ambassador wore, presents for chosen persons, their seeing-off and return to the city, formal speech, titles used, gestures, non-verbal communication, the place of the welcome of foreign ambassadors and their reception carried symbolic messages that expressed and formed a complex system of a social web of power and the relations of authorities, provided a recognisable identity to the parties in negotiations, and expressed the state ideology of the authority. The people of Dubrovnik confirmed their knowledge of the dominant ritual and ceremonial forms, which they knew how to adapt to their own interests and to the given historical moment.
Keywords
Dubrovnik; diplomacy; ritual; ceremonial; negotiations; ambassadors; territorial expansion; 15th century
Hrčak ID:
112406
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Publication date:
17.12.2013.
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