DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS OF THE FLORENTINE CITIZENS IN THE XIII-XV CENTURIES: VIEWS AND PERCEPTION FEATURES

Abstract

The article studies the peculiarities of organizing diplomatic missions in the Middle Ages by one of the most dynamically developing city-states of Tuscany - Florence. Behavioral practices and ritual gestures of Florentine diplomats are revealed through personal perception of their missions as presented in the chronicle narrative and the biographies.

Keywords

• the history of diplomacy
• the florentine municipality
• diplomatic missions of the middle ages
• diplomatic practice
• biographical narrative