The Small-Scale Diplomacy in Late Fifteenth-Century Italy: Gentil Virginio Orsini and His Ambassadors (1480s-1490s)
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https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-2214/12341Keywords:
Renaissance, Fifteenth Century, Italy, Gentil Virginio Orsini, Diplomacy, network.Abstract
This article focuses on the diplomatic apparatus developed by the Roman baron Gentil Virginio Orsini during the final decades of the fifteenth century. Through an analysis of the missions carried out by his ambassadors, well documented by an unpublished body of sources, the paper explores the strategies through which a minor political figure as Orsini managed to carve out a role within the broader diplomatic environment of Renaissance Italy. In such a system, diplomacy functioned as a practical means of consolidating his political autonomy and served as a key instrument for enhancing his influence within the Italian political scenario.
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