Medievalists.net » Croatia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 ‘Wine-contamination’ of the Adriatic: Examples of punishing wine smugglers from medieval Dubrovnik http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/31/wine-contamination-of-the-adriatic-examples-of-punishing-wine-smugglers-from-medieval-dubrovnik/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/31/wine-contamination-of-the-adriatic-examples-of-punishing-wine-smugglers-from-medieval-dubrovnik/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:36:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60124 Strict import-export regulations of the medieval Dubrovnik (Ragusean) authorities included also a rather rigid control of the wine trade.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/31/wine-contamination-of-the-adriatic-examples-of-punishing-wine-smugglers-from-medieval-dubrovnik/feed/ 0 Renaissance Contacts Between Dubrovnik (Ragusa) and the Kingdom of Hungary http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/renaissance-contacts-dubrovnik-ragusa-kingdom-hungary/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/renaissance-contacts-dubrovnik-ragusa-kingdom-hungary/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:48:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54327 During the rule of the Angevin dynasty (1308-82) in Hungary, towns and cities increasingly assumed greater political influence. The first treaty between the King of Hungary and Dubrovnik (in those days Ragusa) was signed in 1358, during the reign of Louis (Lajos) the Great.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/renaissance-contacts-dubrovnik-ragusa-kingdom-hungary/feed/ 0 The Power of Word: Preachers in Medieval Dubrovnik http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/28/power-word-preachers-medieval-dubrovnik/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/28/power-word-preachers-medieval-dubrovnik/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:22:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52921 In the pastoral of the Franciscan and Dominican orders preaching became the principal task of their mission. Preaching manuals represented the basis of the new art. The preachers also used sermon collections, Bible concordances and exempla collections.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/28/power-word-preachers-medieval-dubrovnik/feed/ 0 White Croatia and the arrival of the Croats: an interpretation of Constantine Porphyrogenitus on the oldest Dalmatian history http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/23/white-croatia-arrival-croats-interpretation-constantine-porphyrogenitus-oldest-dalmatian-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/23/white-croatia-arrival-croats-interpretation-constantine-porphyrogenitus-oldest-dalmatian-history/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:40:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51290 The article examines Constantine Porphyrogenitus’ (913–59) witness on the arrival of the Croats in Dalmatia during the seventh century. The emperor’s narrative proposes a migration from a land called White Croatia, located somewhere in central Europe, and a battle with the Avars in order to secure their new territory.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/23/white-croatia-arrival-croats-interpretation-constantine-porphyrogenitus-oldest-dalmatian-history/feed/ 0 The Most Significant Manuscript Sources of Medieval Croatian Vernacular Verse http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/the-most-significant-manuscript-sources-of-medieval-croatian-vernacular-verse/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/the-most-significant-manuscript-sources-of-medieval-croatian-vernacular-verse/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:18:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47314 The first part of the article gives a brief overview of the history of Croatian literacy up to the first written record of poetry in the Old Croatian language.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/the-most-significant-manuscript-sources-of-medieval-croatian-vernacular-verse/feed/ 0 Where to gamble on the medieval Adriatic? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/19/where-to-gamble-on-the-medieval-adriatic/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/19/where-to-gamble-on-the-medieval-adriatic/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:55:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43693 A recent article on medieval gambling reveals that it was a popular pastime but what you could or could not do often depended on which town you were in.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/19/where-to-gamble-on-the-medieval-adriatic/feed/ 0 Delivering stability: Primogeniture and autocratic survival in European monarchies 1000-1800 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:14:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40138 Although the dominating position of primogeniture at the end of the period might seem natural given primogeniture's many advantages for the monarch and the ruling elite it was first rather late in history that the principle came to dominate Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/feed/ 0 Mummified saints of the Northern Croatian Littoral http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/08/mummified-saints-of-the-northern-croatian-littoral/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/08/mummified-saints-of-the-northern-croatian-littoral/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:43:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38613 European mummies occupy a significant place among the world known mummies.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/08/mummified-saints-of-the-northern-croatian-littoral/feed/ 0 Poisons and Poisoning in the Republic of Dubrovnik http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/05/poisons-and-poisoning-in-the-republic-of-dubrovnik/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/05/poisons-and-poisoning-in-the-republic-of-dubrovnik/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:25:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37787 Dubrovnik authorities occasionally resorted to poisoning as a means of resolving state affairs.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/05/poisons-and-poisoning-in-the-republic-of-dubrovnik/feed/ 0 The Perception of Croatian medieval history by Vladimir Nazor in ‘Hrvatski kraljevi’ (The Kings of the Croats) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/26/the-perception-of-croatian-medieval-history-by-vladimir-nazor-in-hrvatski-kraljevi-the-kings-of-the-croats/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/26/the-perception-of-croatian-medieval-history-by-vladimir-nazor-in-hrvatski-kraljevi-the-kings-of-the-croats/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:35:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36719 Hrvatski kraljevi had a long and complex evolution, and Nazor worked on them for more than thirty years. Originally, this collection of poems was completed in 1903 and published in 1904, under the title Knjiga o kraljevima hrvatskijem (The Book about Croat Kings) by Hrvatska knjižarnica in Zadar.

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