The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1390 was an agreement between the
Byzantine Empire and the
Republic of Venice that renewed the truce between the two powers and the Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.
It was signed during the brief reign of
John VII Palaiologos, after fourteen years of fruitless negotiations for the renewal of the
previous treaty. It also reiterated the debts owed by the Byzantine emperors to Venice: 17,163 owed as reparations for damages to Venetian merchants, to be paid in five annual installments; 30,000
gold ducats
The ducat () coin was used as a trade coin in Europe from the later Middle Ages from the 13th to 19th centuries. Its most familiar version, the gold ducat or sequin containing around of 98.6% fine gold, originated in Venice in 1284 and gained wi ...
with interest for the crown jewels pawned during the
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347; and 5,000 ducats lent to
John V Palaiologos in 1352. The treaty provided the basis for all subsequent Venetian–Byzantine treaties, being renewed almost verbatim in 1406, 1412, 1418, 1423, 1431, 1436, 1442, and finally in 1447.
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