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Medicalization of hospitals in 16th century Dubrovnik and Dalmatia

The process of urbanization of Dalmatian coast, centered in former Roman cities (Zadar, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik) and newly formed Slavic settlements (Šibenik), in 13th century was followed by the process of detachment of hospitals from monasteries and their establishment as urban institutions. The character of hospital in high and late Middle Ages could be compared to the character of confraternity – that is, a lay institution with strong attachment to religious sphere. The majority of hospitals were founded with lay money, and, especially towards the end of Middle Ages, many of them had lay administration. In some cases, founders of hospitals insisted on keeping the hospital administration strictly lay. Nevertheless, hospitals still belonged to the religious domain. In this paper I shall contrast the example of Dubrovnik, where public hospital was founded and ran by the city authorities, with Trogir, Split and Kotor where powerful Holy Spirit Confraternity governed public hospitals. I shall try to argue that the main reason why the process of medicalization began in Dubrovnik was the strictly lay character of the hospital. Reasons why Holy Spirit Confraternity never succeeded in letting deeper roots in Dubrovnik shall also be explored. Additional reasons for different route that Dubrovnik public hospital took, laid undoubtedly in the better economical situation, independence, and the centralization of the money instead of dispersing it among numerous confraternities.

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