Балшићи и Дубровник прилог познавању правних односа

Srđan, Rudić

Историјски часопис

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35

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0350-0802

https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=157614

2013-2020/03/11/12:48:06

Legal relations between the Balšić family and the Republic of Dubrovnik were gradually built. They were based upon principles which were not significantly different form the principles that regulated legal affairs between citizens of Dubrovnik and rulers from the neighbourhood as well as from the interior of the Balkan Peninsula. In occasion of shift at the head of the Balšić family, the Republic of Dubrovnik asked for confirmation of old privileges which guaranteed that the relations established in the past should be respected in the future. From the earlier contracts stemmed the obligations, which were accentuated in order to substantiate certain requirements, to justify certain actions or to enhance fortitude of established relations. As in the case of all other regional lords from the territory of former Nemanjić’s Empire, the Republic of Dubrovnik asked from the Balšić family the confirmation of privileges, which were once granted by the Emperor Stefan Dušan. People from Dubrovnik were interested in stability of mutual relations with the Balšić family and in the continuity of the obtained privileges primarily in order to protect their trade. The important trade routes led across the Balšić’s family land from the coast to the interior of Serbia. Therefore the Republic of Dubrovnik had made with the Balšić family a series of treaties and charters, which regulates the legal status of its citizens.

Dubrovnik, law, charters, Balšić family, Emperor Stefan Dušan