FLORENTINE MERCHANTS TRAVELING EAST THROUGH RAGUSA (DUBROVNIK) AND THE BALKANS AT THE END OF THE 15TH CENTURY

Authors

  • Paola Pinelli

Abstract

Various unpublished letters and merchants’ memoirs dating from the late 15th century Tuscany have enabled us to investigate the reasons for the lack of a network of major European trade companies in the Bal- kans. Western operators chose to trade with the merchants of Ragusa (Dubrov- nik). Consequently, Ragusa assumed a dominant position in both the land trade routes with inland regions and in the land trade routes between East and West.

Published

2016-05-05