Original scientific paper
Dispute of the Zrinskis and the Vienna Court due to fairs in Legrad
Dragutin Feletar
; Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb – Full Professor (retired)
Darko Varga
orcid.org/0000-0003-0003-6356
; Park kralja Krešimira IV. 4, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
This paper provides historiographic analysis of the significance of fortification and oppidum Legrad at the confluence of Mura and Drava, as one of the most important centres of trade and fairs in the 16th and the 17th century. Livestock fairs had special significance, especially after the Battle of Szigeth in 1566, when Legrad becomes the central place (emporium) of livestock trading in this part of the Pannonian Basin. Livestock from Legrad was to a large extent exported to Venice and other Italian principalities. Livestock trade controlled by the Zrinskis (otherwise, the captains of Legrad) is described in detail, as well as their dispute regarding the routes and payment of tolls to the Vienna Court. This dispute culminated in the period of Nikola VII. and Peter V. Zrinski, leading to tragedies in Kuršanski lug (1664) and Bečki Novigrad (1671). This analysis provides evidence that economic reasons (relations) were the main reason of the tragic outcome of the Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.
Keywords
livestock trade; Legrad fairs; export affairs; Zrinski estates; Legrad; port Bakar; counts Zrinski
Hrčak ID:
151958
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2015.
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