Original scientific paper
Šime Budinić in Zadar, 1556-69: The Topography of Everyday Life of a Renaissance Humanist
Stephan Sander-Faes
orcid.org/0000-0003-4087-6448
; University of Zurich
Abstract
This essay examines the everyday life of Šime Budinić (1530/35-1600) and his assumed family ties from the 1540s to 1565. Scholarly attention so far has focused on his later theological and humanistic endeavours, and little is known about his formative years and the decade he spent working as a notary. Based on new archival evidence, this essay adds to our knowledge about him and provides new insights into the early life and times of this Dalmatian humanist.
Combining previously unknown primary sources written by Budinić and his fellow notaries, the present contribution utilises approaches developed by social historians during the last quarter of the twentieth century (microhistory, Alltagsgeschichte) to reconstruct the extent and depth of Budinić’s interactions. This approach unearthed new evidence of the Budinić family’s possessions and ties to Zadar’s urban elites. Investigation of the notarial records revealed a complete absence of archival evidence linking Šime to the rest of the Budinić family, which suggests that Šime Urlić’s initial interpretation may be deemed more plausible than Stjepan Antoljak’s later amendments. In addition, this approach is used to reconstruct Šime Budinić’s »topography of everyday life«, his activities revealing a number of points of departure for future research within (and beyond) the Venetian Adriatic.
Keywords
Renaissance Humanism; Republic of Venice; Dalmatia; Microhistory; Entangled History; Urban History; Šime Budinić
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245882
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Publication date:
9.11.2020.
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