RIVER KRKA AS A BORDER LINE BETWEN ŠUBIĆ’ AND NELIPIĆ’ FEUDAL FORTIFIED TOWNS ON MATEO PAGANO ’S MAP MADE ABOUT 1522 Cover Image

KRKA KAO RAZDJELNICA VELIKAŠKIH GRADOVA ŠUBIĆA I NELIPIĆA NA KARTI MATEA PAGANA NASTALOJ OKO 1522. GODINE
RIVER KRKA AS A BORDER LINE BETWEN ŠUBIĆ’ AND NELIPIĆ’ FEUDAL FORTIFIED TOWNS ON MATEO PAGANO ’S MAP MADE ABOUT 1522

Author(s): Mirela Slukan Altić
Subject(s): History
Published by: Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju - Izdavačka kuća Meridijani
Keywords: Krka River;Šubići; Nepilići; Skradin; Drniš; feudal fortress; ottoman counqest

Summary/Abstract: Based of Mateo Pagano’s map made about 1522, author analysed presence of population in the time when area around Krka River was conquering by the Turks. Enabling the oldest detailed insight into the space of Krka area, Mateo Pagani’s map represent an crucial historical sources which show as the last moments of feudal medieval cultural environment. In the time of occurrence of the map, Krka River was borderline between two Croatian famous noble families - Šubić and Nelipić. Along the Krka River bank, these families builded up several fortified medieval settlements, which has an important defending role in the time of ottoman conquest. Concerning the fact that many of this fortified settlement are destroyed during ottoman conquest, Pagano’s map is the only graphic sources that testify about its structure and physiognomy.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 51-61
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian