Antonio Bruti

Antonio Bruti
Born1518
Lezhë
Died1571
Ulqin
Cause of deathSiege of Ulqin
NationalityAlbanian
CitizenshipVenetian
EducationGiovanni di lingua, dragoman.
Occupation(s)Translator, merchant and diplomat.
Years active1570-1591
EmployerVenice.
Known forMaintaining relations between the Porte and the Western powers
SpouseMaria Bruni
ChildrenBartolomeo Bruti, Benedetto Bruti and Jacomo Bruti
FatherAntonio Bruti (1518-1571)
RelativesAntonio Bruni (merchant)
FamilyBruni family

Antonio Bruti (c. 1518 in Lezhë d. 1571 in Ulqin) was an Albanian trader,[1] agent,[2] merchant and diplomat,[3] part of the Bruti family,[4] who worked for Venice in the cities of Ulqin and Ragusa[5] working with Venetian-Ottoman relations.[6][7]

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  2. ^ Malcolm, Noel (2015). Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-century Mediterranean World. Oxford University Press. p. 51. ISBN 9780190262785.
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  4. ^ Malaj, Edmond (January 2015). "Familja fisnike Bruti nga Durrësi (The Noble Family Bruti from Durazzo. Albanian)". Studime Historike, Nr. 3-4, 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. ^ Holly S. Hurlburt, Matt Vester. "Noel Malcolm. Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 640 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-026278-5". (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ Castellani, Erasmo. "Navigating the Amoral Fluidity of the Early Modern Mediterranean: Noel Malcolm's Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits & Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean Oxford University Press, 2015, 640 pp. (page 5)" (PDF).
  7. ^ MARTIN, JOHN JEFFRIES. BETWEEN ISTANBUL AND VENICE AGENCY, FAITH, AND EMPIRE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTUR Y. Duke University. p. 221.