KAVALJER FRANJO BOLICA (†1653): KOTORSKI PATRICIJ NA RAZDJELNICI IZMEĐU RIMA, MLETAKA I BALKANA
KNIGHT FRANJO BOLICA (†1653): A PATRICIAN FROM KOTOR BETWEEN ROME, VENICE AND THE BALKANS
Author(s): Antal MolnárSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, 17th Century
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: Catholic Missions; Serbian Ortodox Church; antiOttoman wars; Rome; Venice; Kotor; Istanbul; Bishopric of Kotor; Montenegro; Serbia; Albania; Ottoman Empire; Congregation of Propaganda Fide
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to introduce the intermediary role of Kotor in the Balkan missions comparing it to the same activities of Ragusa. From 1578 the Bolica family was responsible for coordinating the postal service from Venice to Istanbul, as a consequence of which the family acquired a vast network of connections in the Balkans. In the 17th century four members of the Bolica family which ran the postal service worked as the Balkan commissioners of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide. Franjo Bolica was the most outstanding of the four due to his personal qualities and as a result of both the importance of his commissions and the prosperity during the war of Candia (1645-1669).
Journal: Историјски записи
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 109-132
- Page Count: 32
- Language: Croatian
