bailo
Bailo was the representative of Venice at Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire. His office was quite important, that's why only members of the venetien aristocracry were appointed at it. The bailo was a man of particular education and his diplomatic presence at the Sublime Port was decisive. The reports of the bailos' and their mention in the venetian administration constitute important documents which are often true handbooks of political, military and financial science and therefore important sources for the modern historian.
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factoria
trade center of foreign merchants.
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Golden Horde
Conventional designation of the state of Ulus Jochi or the Khanate Kipchak. It was a nation, that was a cross of Turcs and Mongolians and lived in the west part of the Mongolian Empire. The Horde flourished from the middle of the 13th century until the end of the 14th century and built up important commercial relationships with the nations of the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Genoese.
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Great Council of Venice
it consisted of 30-35 members, it was presided by the doge and took the decisions for the Venetian Community.
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muda
the convoy of ships directed for the Levant or for the Northern Europe
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Partitio Romaniae
The document of the treaty signed by the Latins of the IV Crusade (twelve Venetians and twelve Francs) between the 12th april and the 9th may of the year 1204. According to the text the Latin Empire of Constantinople was founded and the territories of the Byzantine Empire were divided among the Venetians and the Francs.
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portolan, portulan
(from latin word “portus”, port) a book with nautical instructions (today called “a pilot book”) which gives a description of the coastline and indicates the sailing directions which were to be followed in order to reach a given point of orientation (a port, promontory, island, estuary etc.). It also depicts the ports and anchorages with their navigational peculiarities and the possible approaches to them. The portulan is an achievement of the medieval navigation and could be considered as a result from the application of the compass in seafaring during the 12th C.
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Romania
name of Venetian territories in the former Byzantine Empire.
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Serenissima
name of Venice in the medieval documentation.
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