%0 Journal Article
%T The Idea of Slavic Unity in the Diplomacy of Alexander Komulović, the Papal Nuncio to Central and Eastern Europe in 1594-1597
%A Smołucha, Janusz
%J Slavonic Culture
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/25439561KSR.21.003.14414
%N Vol. XVII
%P 33-59
%K papacy, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Muscovy, the Slavs, papal diplomacy, Turkey, the Holy League
%@ 2451-4985
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kultura-slowian/article/idea-jednosci-slowianskiej-w-dzialalnosci-dyplomatycznej-w-europie-srodkowo-wschodniej-nuncjusza-papieskiego-aleksandra-komulovica-w-latach-1594-1597
%X The outbreak of another Austro-Turkish war in 1593, urged Pope Clement VIII to establish the Holy League which mainly consisted of the Central and Eastern European states, and the aim of which was to oppose another Muslim aggression against Christians. The Roman Curia decided to include Muscovy in the plan as well. The idea of close cooperation with all Slavic states was put forward at that time by Aleksander Komulović – a priest and papal diplomat from Dalmatia. The author’s aim was to reconstruct the Komulović’s diplomatic mission to Central and Eastern Europe in 1594-1597, and provide an assessment of the chances of its success in the light of religious and geopolitical underpinnings of the period.