Original scientific paper

Tracing a Vitaliano Brunelli story

Serđo Dokoza

Abstract

This article analyzes an early fifteenth-century episode discussed in the synthesis of the medieval history of Zadar by the author Vitalino Brunelli. To prove that a strong pro-Venetian faction had existed in Zadar even before 1409, the goal of which was to hand the town over to Venice, Brunelli created a persuasive picture by skilfully combining extant data and falsifying annotations. This article relies on the prosopographies of some of the individuals mentioned in the Brunelli story to uncover tricks that the author used and to disprove the validity of his thesis.

Keywords

Zadar; Vitalino Brunelli; Venice; Dalmatia; 15th century

Hrčak ID:

47985

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/47985

Publication date:

28.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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