MURUS VERSUS MONTEM: CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUBROVNIK FORTIFICATIONS AROUND THE SUBURBS UP TO THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY Cover Image

MURUS VERSUS MONTEM: CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUBROVNIK FORTIFICATIONS AROUND THE SUBURBS UP TO THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
MURUS VERSUS MONTEM: CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUBROVNIK FORTIFICATIONS AROUND THE SUBURBS UP TO THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

Author(s): Irena Benyovsky Latin
Subject(s): History
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Dubrovnik; Middle Ages; fortifi cations

Summary/Abstract: This work contains an analysis of the construction of the Dubrovnik fortifications around the suburbs during the thirteenth century, primarily based on written sources. The construction of the final section of fortifications around suburb of St Nicholas was preceded by a long process of fortification system construction which accompanied the phases of the city’s urban growth in the thirteenth century, as well as the political, legal and social circumstances of that period.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-36
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: English