Original scientific paper
The Ruler's Endowment of St Bartholomew in the Medieval Village Tršci
Nikola Jakšić
Abstract
Tršci is a well known Medieval village nearby Zadar which had already been indicated as a locality within the Croatian kingdom by the second half of the 11th century. From 1324 the village was incorporated into the Zadar district when its property owners were mainly the citizens of Zadar. The Šubić family were also proprietors in Tršci with their 12 stallions and the bishop of Knin with his 8 stallions. The article establishes the ownership of 55 stallions which coincides it seems with how large was the village itself. Within the framework of property relationships the author elaborates the 15th century dispute over land in Tršci between Ugrin Ugrinić Šubić and his sister Marisstella, the daughter of Ivan Neorić. The article draws attention to the archeologically investigated remains of the village church of St. Bartholomew. The author points out the titular of the church who it seems was the patron of a number of European dynasties during the early Middle Ages. He concludes that the early Christian church was restored in the 9th century by a member of the ruling dynasty who was eventually buried there in a sarcophagus. The article indicates markedly compatible phenomena in the archeological material discovered amongst the ruins of the said church with the archeological findings from Crkvina in Biskupija near Knin which housed the king's mausoleum. The church functioned up to the Cyprian war during the second part of the 16th century when we find mention of its last bishop. It appears that the church was destroyed in that war.
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12193
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Publication date:
20.6.2000.
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