Povijesni prilozi, Vol. 28 No. 37, 2009.
Original scientific paper
The importance of rural fortifications along the Venetian-Habsburg border in the early modern period
Dragica Čeč
Darko Darovec
Abstract
In this article, the authors study the diverse roles of rural fortifications in northern Istria within the context of military events and the participation of the rural population therein. These events include the incursions of Turkish robber bands as well as the first and second Austro-Venetian wars. We discuss the variety of functions, including the symbolic one, of architecturally variously fortified buildings: watchtowers, fortified walls with watchtowers, fortified churches and fortified karst pits. As a comparison, we discuss a large fortification that during the mentioned events and in peacetime was the seat of a feudal estate, Socerb.
Keywords
role of rural fortifications; rural army; symbolic function of fortifications, the Uskok war; first Austro-Venetian war; northern Istria
Hrčak ID:
47988
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Publication date:
28.12.2009.
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