This master’s thesis examines the history of the Dubrovnik Republic with anemphasis on the history of the new century.The first, shorter part, deals with the period of Dubrovnik under the rule of the Byzantine Empire, the Venetian Republic and the Croatian-Hungarian Kingdom. The second, central part describes the period of the Republic under the rule of the Habsburg Monarchy and subsequently France. It deals with the conflicts of the Ottoman Empire with the Western Christian powers and the role and political activity of the Dubrovnik Republic duringthese conflicts. The great earthquake of 1667 is described as well as the conflict with Russia in the second half of the 18th century. The end of this part discusses the final years of the Dubrovnik Republic and its abolition in 1808. A special chapter of Dubrovnik's modern history deals with its foreign policy and relations with the Venetian Republic, the Ottoman Empire, Austria, Spain, the Holy See and France. One part of this paper is devoted to Dubrovnik’s diplomacy. At the very end, the importance of the Dubrovnik Republic is emphasized.