Original scientific paper

DESCRIPTION OF RELIGIOUS LIFE IN BOKA KOTORSKA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY – ARCHIVAL TESTIMONIES

LENKA BLEHOVA ČELEBIĆ

Abstract

This article is based on the archival sources from the fi rst half of the sixteenth century. The main attention is given to the notes from archival sources that describe dramatic and wide social changes in Boka Kotorska during the fi rst decades of Ottoman occupation. The most of interpretation discusses relations between Orthodox and Catholic Church (1). Furthermore, author examines some documents regarding the question of the Union and its implementation among the people of Boka Kotorska (2). Moreover, the author speaks about Muslims’ presence in Boka (3), as well as about fi rst traces of Jews in this region (4).

Keywords

Kotor; Venetian Republic; Luštica; confessional relations; Catholic church; Orthodox church; Union; church of Holy Trinity; conversions; Muslims; Jews

Hrčak ID:

24617

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/24617

Publication date:

28.12.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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