Jakov Lukarević, it, Giacomo Di Pietro Luccari, (born in Ragusa, 1547 or 1551 - died in Ragusa, 22 May 1615), was a
Ragusan historian and diplomat. He was born according to different sources in 1547 or 1551, as the son of
Rector
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Petar Lukarević and Mara Bond.
Luccari family, also Lukarević or Lukarić, traced its
patrician roots to the old
Ragusan familiy.
Jakov Lukarević became a member of the ''
Great Council of the
Republic of Ragusa'' in 1571. He was the representative of the Republic to the
Ottoman sultan
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, the
Bosnian Pasha. In 1613 he was elected Rector himself. During assignments in the
Ottoman Empire in
Istanbul,
Bosnia
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and
North Africa, he researched the connections between people of Slavic origin and the Islamic world. His work includes 1605 history of the city of
Dubrovnik, published in
Venice
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and entitled ''Comprehensive extract from Dubrovnik chronicles in four books'' (originally in it, Copiaso ristretto de gli annali di Rausa, libri quattro). The chronicle covers history of Dubrovnik from its foundation to 1600. In writing this chronicle, Lukarević relied on information and material he was finding in the
Dubrovnik archive for the period from 1387 to his time, an old chronicles and works of Byzantine provenience, and other Western and Eastern writers and oral traditions. Although he had little knowledge of chronography and geography, nevertheless, due to the abundance of material he used and numerous references from the works of today's unknown writers, Lukarević's chronicle is a significant contribution to the Dubrovnik history. Among the records, the description of legal provisions and customs in Ragusa is particularly significant, containing valuable information about the political and administrative structure of the Republic.
See also
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Mavro Orbini
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Ilarion Ruvarac
References
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External links
Jakov Lukarević, Copioso ristretto degli annali di Rausa printed in Republic of Venice in 1605 ''(Google Books)''
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Ragusan diplomats
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Ragusan nobility
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Ragusan historians
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1551 births
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1615 deaths