Original scientific paper
NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT WIDENING BORDERS OF DUBROVNIK THROUGH THE VIEW OF POWER RELATIONS
Valentina Zovko
orcid.org/0000-0002-3027-4104
; University of Zadar
Abstract
The people of Dubrovnik adjusted the selection of people, whom they
sent the emissaries for negotiations about widening the borders, to their
current social position. While trying to realize expansionist plans they
acknowledged traditional system of the medieval world, but not always
without exceptions. Although they were legalists, they did not hesitate
in departing from customs established long time ago, especially when
their vital interests were endangered. Widening strategy showed that
city authorities appreciated and tried to notice and use changes in power
relations in order to achieve as much as they could in the existing circumstances.
Keywords
Dubrovnik; diplomacy; negotiations; widening of territory; power relations; structure of authorities; 14th and 15th century
Hrčak ID:
227304
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Publication date:
22.12.2014.
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