The Eastern Policy of Alfonso V the Magnanimous (of Aragon), Seen in the Light of His Political Relations with the Bosnian Duke-Herzog Stjepan Vukčić Kosača

Premović, Marijan

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“…He grew up as a prominent member of one of the triumvirate of the three great families of Bosnia that, according to John Fine in his book The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest were "practically calling all the shots, including steering foreign policy." 70,71 Stjepan Vukćić was a leading supporter of the Bosnian Church to which his father Ostoja had adhered and was one of the Church's leaders in the 1430s and the 1440s. Another leader of the Bosnia Church, Gost Radin, was more or less his foreign secretary, and resided at his court.…”

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The Voynich Manuscript: Decoded

Crowe¹

2022

JHAAS

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The Voynich Manuscript (VM) is an illustrated codex hand-written in a unique writing system whose pages have been carbon-dated to 1404-1438 CE. The document has been studied by numerous cryptographers, but until this time no one has demonstrably deciphered the text. The Voynich Manuscript has been called "The World's Most Mysterious Manuscript" and "The Book Nobody Can Read.” Sections of the manuscript appear to deal with strange plants and flowers, naked women lounging in pools of water, celestial bodies such as stars, the moon and the Sun, and kitchen spices and herbs. This research shows that the strange Voynich symbols code for Arabic. An equivalency table between Arabic letters and the Voynich characters is developed, and large sections of the Voynich text are translated, including pages picturing flowers, stars, spices and women. A 600-word dictionary of Arabic-Voynich-English was developed. Translation reveals that the text deals exclusively with the Cathars, a religious heresy prominent in the south of France in the 12th – 13th centuries. A hypothesis is developed that the patron funding production of the Voynich Manuscript may have been Alfonso V, king of Aragon/Catalonia and, King of Naples.

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The Voynich Manuscript: Decoded

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2022

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“…The treaties with the Duke of Bosnia are no exception in relation to other similar treaties between the Neapolitan king and other Balkan dignitaries, for example with Demetrios Palaiologos, the despot of the Morea (1451), or Skenderbeg (1451). Спремић 1974, 458-466;Aloisio 2017, 68-69;Premović 2019Premović , 94-99. 17 Ћирковић 1962 • 77 • he would provide "assistance and service that is at the disposal" in order to protect and defend him the same way "he would protect his own country".…”

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The 1444 Treaty between King Alfonso V of Aragon and Grand Duke Stjepan Vukčić

Peco

2020

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This article discusses a famous agreement between King Alfonso V of Aragon and Naples and the Grand Duke of Bosnia, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača signed on 19 February 1444, as a result of both political and millitary circumstances that had brought, in that particular moment, the local interests of one Bosnian lord and the foreign policy plans and ambitions of the most powerful Mediterranean ruler to the same level. It also offers a new interpretation of this treaty in terms of its practical application, as well as its re-reading and translation, based on a high-resolution facsimile.

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“…38 Tako je postalo jasno da su saveznici, premda njihov odnos nije bio uzdrman, postali svjesni potrebe da svoja očekivanja ograniče na realna i da međusobne obveze vežu za najvažnije interese. 34 PREMOVIĆ 2019: 97-98, 100-101. 35 ĆIRKOVIĆ 1964: 195-196.…”

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“…53RADIĆ 1895: 233;ĆIRKOVIĆ 1964: 104-105. 54 SPREMIĆ 1994PREMOVIĆ 2019: 92-93. 55 RADIĆ 1895 ĆIRKOVIĆ 1964: 105.…”

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Partnerstvo u pokušaju – temeljne značajke odnosa Alfonsa V. i Stjepana Vukčića Kosače

Isailović

2020

Radovi

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The relationship between King Alfonso V of Aragon during his reign in Naples (1442-1458) with the Bosnian Grand Voivode and later Duke Stjepan (Stephen) Vukčić Kosača has been the topic of numerous research papers and monographs, but there are still possibilities for further insights on this matter. Along with Skanderbeg and Serbian Despot Đurađ (George) Branković, Kosača was considered the most prominent ally of the Neapolitan king, although the results of their cooperation were relatively modest at the level of military projects and foreign policy, and significantly greater in terms of commerce and exchanges of cultural models and political symbolism. This paper provides an overview of all aspects of the relationship between Alfonso V and Stjepan Vukčić, with particular emphasis on issues which remained insufficiently clarified or ignored by previous researchers. This includes the development of diplomacy and court culture, Vukčić’s ducal title, marital strategies and economic ties between Bosnia and Apulia. It may be concluded that the partnership was most likely initiated at Kosača’s initiative because both parties shared enmity for Venice, and the Bosnian magnate was under attack from various sides in 1443 and 1444. After ten years, the pact was renewed in 1454 after the fall of Constantinople, when the Ottoman threat became a regional problem. However, no mutual Crusade was ever organised. In the meantime, Alfonso helped Stjepan in mediation with the key players in South East European politics, but also by providing him with mercenaries and, occasionally, with more limited naval support. Kosača refrained from taking part in the war between Naples and Venice (1449-1450), while Alfonso similarly did not come to Stjepan’s aid in his war against Dubrovnik (1451-1454). Both of them acted in such a way to avoid trouble in their own states. Meanwhile, Grand Voivode Stjepan assumed the title of Duke of St. Sava, possibly influenced by his relations with his Neapolitan senior. He and his courtiers, especially those acting as ambassadors, acquired knighthood and membership in Neapolitan (and other) chivalric orders. It is also possible that Duke Stjepan’s second wife, Barbara de Payró, was of Catalan origin, although this is little more than speculation. Commerce was based on the trade in people and goods. The Kingdom of Naples, especially Apulia, could offer grain, salt and wool, but also mercenaries and military equipment, while Bosnia supplied Alfonso’s kingdom with lead and “slaves,” usually used as household servants. The relationship forged by King Alfonso and Duke Stjepan was maintained by their heirs and it ended only in 1480s, when the land of the Kosačas was completely overrun by the Ottomans.

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The Eastern Policy of Alfonso V the Magnanimous (of Aragon), Seen in the Light of His Political Relations with the Bosnian Duke-Herzog Stjepan Vukčić Kosača

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

The Voynich Manuscript: Decoded

The Voynich Manuscript: Decoded

The 1444 Treaty between King Alfonso V of Aragon and Grand Duke Stjepan Vukčić

Partnerstvo u pokušaju – temeljne značajke odnosa Alfonsa V. i Stjepana Vukčića Kosače

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