ABSTRACT
Dubrovnik did not persecute its Orthodox subjects in the countryside, but from the fourteenth century it used a combination of inducements and pressure to draw them into the Latin Catholic fold. There were long-standing papal prohibitions against trading with the infidel, but Dubrovnik was careful to obtain exceptions. The Jesuits made several attempts to establish a base in Dubrovnik, but in the end they could not overcome the senate's reservations about an order known for its advocacy of holy war against the infidel. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo de Medici had been titular archbishop since 1545, and now that he had been offered a better prospect he intended to be succeeded in Dubrovnik by another absentee. As the conflict between the Ottomans and various Catholic powers intensified, the Ragusans found themselves under attack for giving aid and comfort to the infidel, especially during the War of the Holy League, when Venice and the Habsburgs joined forces against the Turks.
