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Turcho… ad oratori inimici non dà audientia, si non per internuntione: Networks of Hungarian-Venetian-Ottoman Negotiations in the 15th Century

  • Davor Salihović

A war that began in 1463 pitted Hungary and Venice against the Ottoman Empire. Over the following two decades, all parties repeatedly sought to initiate peace negotiations, consistently relying on mediators to signal intent and establish the conditions for the exchange of envoys. This paper investigates who these mediators were, how they operated over the course of the conflict, and what factors influenced their selection. By examining the chronology of negotiations and the backgrounds of intermediaries, and by applying formal analysis through dyadic regression models, the study demonstrates that mediator selection was largely a local phenomenon centred on the frontier. It further shows that personal ties spanning the frontier significantly increased the likelihood of an individual being chosen as a mediator.

  • Keywords:
  • 15th century,
  • Hungary,
  • Venice,
  • Ottoman Empire,
  • negotiations,
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Davor Salihović

University of Antwerp, Belgium - ORCID: 0000-0003-4252-2977

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Chapter Title

Turcho… ad oratori inimici non dà audientia, si non per internuntione: Networks of Hungarian-Venetian-Ottoman Negotiations in the 15th Century

Authors

Davor Salihović

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English

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10.36253/979-12-215-1117-8.08

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2026

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Diplomatic Networks in the Medieval Mediterranean

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Individuals, Groups, and Interactions

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Isabella Lazzarini, Roser Salicrú i Lluch

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208

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2026

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Firenze University Press

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