Relatarea soliei lui Krzysztof Serebkowicz la Constantinopol din anul 1624*
The Narrative of the Embassy of Krzysztof Serebkowicz in the 1624

Summary/Abstract: For confirmation of the Hotin peace treaty from 1621 with Ottoman Porte, Poles sent as a great ambassador Krzysztof Zbaraski. The text of the treaty was presented prejudicial to the interests of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic. Krzysztof Serebkowicz was Armenian and knew well how the Ottoman chancellery worked. He bribed the Ottoman secretaries to introduce in text provisions wanted by the Polish-Lithuanian Republic. Krzysztof Serebkowicz’s narration was known by a few small fragments published by I. Corfus, about Radu Mihnea nomination as ruler of Moldavia, and of his son, Alexander Cocon, as ruler of Țara Românească. I found it necessary to return to the text and to publish it completely, because the remaining fragments contain very important information about the history of the Romanian space.

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