Dubrovnik in the 14th and 15th Centuries: A City Between East and West
Bariša Krekić — Dubrovnik in the 14th and 15th Centuries: A City Between East and West (1972)Bariša Krekić · 1972 · BookEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0369 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Ragusa's Great Council comprised all adult male nobles, became hereditary after its closing in 1332, and elected the officials of the republic, including a Senate, a Minor Council and, after 1358, a rector whose term lasted one month.”
Context. The 1332 decision of the Minor Council did not explicitly forbid new members but defined a hereditary circle; the ranks were reopened after the 1667 earthquake. The eligibility age was 20, lowered to 18 after the Black Death.
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5Dubrovnik: A History
Robin Harris — Dubrovnik: A History (2003)Robin Harris · 2003 · BookAge, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Ragusa
David Rheubottom — Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Ragusa (2000)David Rheubottom · 2000 · Book · ch. 3, pp. 30–50 (abstract); ch. 4, pp. 51–68 (abstract)The Closing of the Nobility and Council of Dubrovnik in the Political and Social Context of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century
Zdenka Janeković Römer — The Closing of the Nobility and Council of Dubrovnik in the Political and Social Context of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century (2019)Zdenka Janeković Römer · 2019 · Article · pp. 30–31The Republic of Ragusa: An Episode of the Turkish Conquest
Luigi Villari — The Republic of Ragusa: An Episode of the Turkish Conquest (1904)Luigi Villari · 1904 · Book · pp. 81–82, 171–172Evidence that contradicts
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