La scelta del personale diplomatico: identità politico-sociali degli ambasciatori perugini nel XIV secolo (1351-1379)

The article deals with the choice of the Perugian ambassadors assigned by the city to its diplomatic missions. The aim is to reconstruct the political and social identity of the ambassadors both in relation to the links between the individuals and the powers involved in the missions, and to internal politics, which was marked by conflicts between the Popolo and the nobility. The chronological period chosen (1351-1379) was a moment of particular tension with the Papacy, due firstly to the switch to the side of the Emperor Charles IV, then to an armed rebellion that ended with the Peace of Bologna (1365-1370), up to the context of the War of the Eight Saints (1375-1378).