Original scientific paper
The 1817 List of the Noblemen of Nin
Miroslav Granić
; Centre for Research of Adriatic Onomastics, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
In the article, the author discusses the list of the noblemen of the city of Nin compilled and authenticated in 1817 by communal administration of Nin and submitted, together with additional documentation, to the Heraldic commission of the Second Austrian government of Dalmatia in order to obtain confirmation of nobility for members of families which were aggregated to the Noble council of the Commune of Nin from 1656 to 1804. In spite of the attempt of the local elite to prove that the Noble council of Nin was equal in its prerogatives to other estate corporations of nobility in Dalmatia during Venetian and First Austrian government of Dalmatia, this action did not reach a favourable end, since the Vienna Court took firm stand that belonging to the Noble council of Nin and consequently nobility of Nin is not accepted as nobility within the borders of Austrian Empire, as was allowed to the nobility of the cities of Zadar, Trogir, Split, Kotor and the nobility of former Republic of Dubrovnik. Confirmation of nobility of Nin was requested for 52 noble families, whose members were listed by their names in the attached list. In order to gain more comprehensive insight into the history of the nobility of Nin, each family is particularly discussed regarding its origin, its belonging to the Noble council of Nin and its social role in the city. After the request for confirmation of nobility was declined by Austrian government, the nobility of Nin lost its importance and raison d’être and fell into historical oblivion.
Keywords
Nin; Dalmatia; nobility; social history; early modern age; the nineteenth century
Hrčak ID:
136443
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2014.
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