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Based on a variety of sources, this article aims to investigate the character of Venetian rule over Dubrovnik in the first decades of the thirteenth century, drawing a parallel with the administrative models in other Venetian possessions. The abundance of documents related to the countship of Giovanni Dandolo (1209?-1235) allows the reconstruction of the count's family and social background, his earnings from the Ragusan function, as well as an insight into his business pursuits. In addition, some old approaches are reassessed and new interpretations of the Ragusan political situation of that time⸺impacted by international developments in the Adriatic, Mediterranean and the Ragusan hinterland⸺are offered. Analysed and interpreted are the first two pacts between Dubrovnik and Venice (1232, 1236), along with the reasons for their conclusion.

Za spas duša, na dobrobit države : Dubrovački rizničari i vremenita dobra za vječnu nabožnu svrhu (13-15 stoljeće) = For the salvation of the souls, for the welfare of the state: Ragusan treasueres and perpetual trusts for pious purposes from the thirtheenth to the fifteenth century / Nella Lonza -- Liber affectuum tesaurarie (1428-1547): knjiga vječnih najmova oporučnim legatima namijenjenih nabožnim djelima = Liber affectuum thesaurarie/ The book of the treasurers' rents (1428-1547): perpetual legacies providing funding for pious purposes / Danko Zelić -- Knjiga rizničarskih najmova / Liber affectuum thesaurarie (1428-1547)

Violence was omnipresent in medieval society and affected all areas of life and the members of all social strata. Surviving sources deal regularly with any issues of violent actions, signs and results of violence, violent people and coping with violence. In such evidence, also the members of the clergy played an important role – as writers about violence and critics of it, but also as perpetrators, victims, and witnesses