Prethodno priopćenje
Dalmatian nobility in the Middle Ages
Serđo Dokoza
; Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Zadru
Sažetak
The aim of this essay is to review the state of the historiography on the nobility of Dalmatian medieval towns and to discuss the research paths that historians may take, with respect to surviving primary sources. The scarcity of original documents severely hinders the study of the first phase of the nobility development, with only Zadar in possession of sources sufficient for the study of these developments. With the arrival of the Árpáds and after the promises of King Koloman to the communes,
the situation changed. A new upper layer formed out of urban noble families. Named ‘patriciate’, it emerged on the top of the social hierarchy. Simultaneously, a new urban structure developed and medieval towns became communes. The development of the communal organization and of the upper social layers may be studied on the examples of several Dalmatian towns: Zadar, Dubrovnik, Split and even Trogir. Yet some towns lack preserved sources that would illuminate this period even for this (late) period. By the fourteenth century, from which many more sources survived, the process of the urban nobility development had finished. Noblemen then obtained the honorary titles of ser and closed themselves from the rest of the citizenry into greater councils.
Ključne riječi
nobility; Dalmatia; Middle Ages; methodology; primary sources
Hrčak ID:
35509
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Datum izdavanja:
11.12.2008.
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