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Renaissance Contacts Between Dubrovnik (Ragusa) and the Kingdom of Hungary

November 23, 2014 By Medievalists.net

During the rule of the Angevin dynasty (1308-82) in Hungary, towns and cities increasingly assumed greater political influence. The first treaty between the King of Hungary and Dubrovnik (in those days Ragusa) was signed in 1358, during the reign of Louis (Lajos) the Great.

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Manuel II Palaeologus in Paris (1400-1402): Theology, Diplomacy, and Politics

January 20, 2014 By Medievalists.net

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The end of the fourteenth century found the Byzantine Empire in a critical state.

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