Odluke Velikog vijeća Dubrovačke Republike o Osmanskom Carstvu i Osmanlijama (1417–1496)
Deliberations of the Major Council of the Republic of Ragusa on the Ottoman Empire and the Ottomans (1417–1496)

Summary/Abstract: The paper contains a transcription of the deliberations of the Major Council of the Republic of Ragusa that relate to the Ottomans and the Ottoman state. In addition, attention is paid to the historiography, recording system, and basic characteristics of the Major Council of the Republic of Ragusa. The time period taken into account on this occasion is limited to 1415, when separate recordings of the deliberations of the three Ragusan councils began, and the end of the 15th century. An analysis of 17 volumes of the Acta Consilii Maioris fund from the Dubrovnik State Archives, which refer to the time period from 1415 to 1506, indicates that the first deliberation related to the Ottomans dates from 1417, and the last from 1496. In the deliberations of this council, the largest amount of information related to the Ottomans concerns diplomatic missions, decisions on gifts to the Ottoman sultans, pashas, viziers, and envoys, and deliberations related to the safety of Ragusan merchants who were on the territory of the Ottoman state.

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