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Vampires in the village Žrnovo on the island of Korčula: following an archival document from the 18th century

Lovorka Čoralić ; Hrvatski institut za povijest
Željko Dugac ; Zavod za povijest i filozofiju znanosti, Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti
Sani Sardelić ; Gradski muzej Koršula

Sažetak

The main interest of this essay is the analysis of the document from the State Archive in Venice (file: Capi del Consiglio de’ Dieci: Lettere di Rettori e di altre cariche) which is connected with the episode from 1748 when the inhabitants of the village Žrnove on the island of Korčula in Croatia opened tombs on the local cemetery in the fear of the vampires treating.
This essay try to show some social circumstances connected with this event as well as a local vernacular tradition concerning superstitions.

Ključne riječi

Korčula; Žrnovo; Venice; vampires; 18th century

Hrčak ID:

72542

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/72542

Datum izdavanja:

15.6.2011.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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