How to Survive in the Renaissance Tatar Crimea: Ławryn Piaseczyński’s <i>Ambassador’s Duties </i>in the Context of His Unique Diplomatic Experiences
Journal: Viator
Year: 2022

This paper examines Ławryn Piaseczyński’s diplomatic manual and its origins in the context of the author’s three consecutive diplomatic missions to Crimea on behalf of the Polish king, revealing the issues of diplomatic contacts with non-European cultures and the practice of gift-giving in late Renaissance diplomacy. I demonstrate how this hitherto unexplored text stands out from other Renaissance treatises and manuals on diplomacy and how Piaseczyński’s unique diplomatic experiences in Crimea i