Transformacija pojma viteštva u Sinjskoj alki
Transformation of the Notion of Chivalry within Sinjska Alka

Summary/Abstract: The author deals with the different relation towards the notion of chivalry within the contemporary context of the Sinjska Alka, a traditional game from the region of Sinjska krajina, which originates from the mediaeval chivalry tournaments and is in itself defined as being chivalrous. The first part is dedicated to the reconstruction of the events from the 286th Alka festivity, that is, their political context and different comprehension of the notion of chivalry the participants have shown, and it is mainly based on newspapers’ articles. This is followed by a part with the discussion of the basis on which the mediaeval institution of chivalry has been founded, and which stresses out the changed meaning of the chivalry and its values. Those are being compared to the ones that can be interpreted from the Statute of the Chivalry Alka Society. The last part talks about the intensification of the usage of the notion of chivalry in Croatia from the beginning of the 1990s war, about the development of its meaning within the context of the Sinjska Alka and about its manifest characteristics.

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