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.
University of Antwerp, Belgium - ORCID: 0000-0003-4252-2977
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
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1117-8.08
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2026
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Book Title
Diplomatic Networks in the Medieval Mediterranean
Book Subtitle
Individuals, Groups, and Interactions
Editors
Isabella Lazzarini, Roser Salicrú i Lluch
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
208
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1117-8
ISBN Print
979-12-215-1115-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1117-8
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-1120-8
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
Series E-ISSN
2704-6079