"They have earned enemies in their own nest": The Context and Consequences of Marin Držić's Conspiracy Letters to Cosimo I de' Medici

Abstract

The article examines Držić's conspiratorial episode in the context of early modern Ragusa and its reception in scholarship, arguing for a more nuanced view of civic agency and personal ambition.

Keywords

• Marin Držić
• Ragusa
• Cosimo I de' Medici
• correspondence