Original scientific paper
SENJ AND ITS CAPTAINS Contribution to the Austrian Military Administration in the Croatian Military Border in the XVIth century
ANNA MARIA GRUENFELDER
Abstract
The (woman) author of this article reconstructs the chronology of captains from Senj, which until now has never been dealt with in the literature. This article is also a contribution to the early history of the Austrian military administration in the Croatian Military Border, but at the same time is being also a contribution to the history of the intra-austrian nobility. Further efforts have been made in elucidating the
question whether on the fortress of Nehaj arms are the figures of the two well-known captains, who were staying in Senj for some time then. On the basis of parallel analysis of the arms, which are not quite easy to be identified, the author confirms a hypothesis that said coats of arms appertain to Lenkovic and Auersperg. She draws such a conclusion on the basis of the heraldic characteristics and not based on the history of the construction of the fortress of Nehaj, as it was
made in the consulted literature. At the end, the author concludes that literature quotations can't confirm the merits of Lenkovic in the construction of the fortress of Senj.
Keywords
Senj; captains; Croatian Military Border; Austrian Military Administration
Hrčak ID:
43620
URI
Publication date:
20.12.1996.
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