Chaos and Strategy in Managing the Diplomatic Service. The Case of Andrzej Taranowski’s Missions to Michael the Brave in 1600

• Authors: Magdalena Jakubowska

Abstracts

EN

In 1600, Sigismund III, King of Poland-Lithuania, sent an envoy to Michael the Brave the Voivode of Wallachia, three times. His mission aimed to conduct negotiations on the treaty between Poland-Lithuania and Wallachia. In brief, the treaty stipulated that Michael the Brave should become a voivode of Moldavia and, therefore, Sigismund III’s vassal. The contents of that pact came into conflict with both the reality and the general policy of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Although it might seem surprising, talks gave an extra opportunity to save time. It was the moment of his highest military activity when Wallachian troops would be unchecked power near to Polish-Lithuanian border. Taranowski’s mission represented unofficial and chaotic moves in establishing contacts with the Danubian Principalities, but still clearly shows how diplomatic practice worked in Poland-Lithuania at the end of the sixteenth century.

Keywords

EN

Polish-Lithuanian diplomacy; Andrzej Taranowski; Michael the Brave; Moldavia; Wallachia

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Legatio: The Journal for Renaissance and Early Modern Diplomatic Studies
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 6
• Pages: 5-30

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Magdalena Jakubowska

• University of Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000181162500

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/LEGATIO.2022.01

Biblioteka Nauki

31058703