A Hungarian-Croatian Aristocrat from a new Perspective. Military Career of Péter Zrínyi/Petar Zrinski (1621–1671)
A Hungarian-Croatian Aristocrat from a new Perspective. Military Career of Péter Zrínyi/Petar Zrinski (1621–1671)

Summary/Abstract: Péter Zrinyi’s (†1671) name became inseparable from his participation in the conspiracy led by palatine Ferenc Wesselényi (also known as Zrinsko-Frankopan plot) which is the most examined period of his lifetime. The Croatian historiography has been focusing on his role in the movement, still considering him an early representative of the thought of independence. Péter Zrinyi’s literary activities have been researched relating to the political ones too. His military career, however, is practically unexamined; not even its major stages are known. Hungarian historians having national sympathies could also be blamed for this backlog due to the fact that they totally neglected his person pushing Nicholas Zrinyi forward in his stead. The present paper aims to outline Péter Zrinyi’s advancement from a new perspective, namely in interaction with that of Nicholas Zrinyi. As we will see, the first decade spent together in Muraköz had played an important role that Péter oriented himself towards Croatian territories.

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