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The Cult of St. Ladislas in Medieval Continental Croatia – Its Political and Cultural Context

The author analyzes the cult of St. Ladislas that started to flourish in the late thirteenth century under the last Arpadian rulers. It was especially intense at the time of the new Angevin kings in the fourteenth century. The new dynasty adopted it and expanded this tradition in order to emphasize its legitimacy. The figure of Ladislas successfully represented the ideal knight and it was also an important propaganda tool for the legitimacy of the Angevin dynasty. The topic is presented through the cycle of wall-paintings of the legend of St. Ladislas in the church of St. Peter in Novo Mesto Zelinsko. The legend can be also found all across the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen. In this context the presence of the churches dedicated to St. Ladislas in Croatia (also of St. Stephen the King, and St. Emeric), as well as an interesting late medieval appearance of St. Ladislas on the Dalmatian coast are also explored.

The legend of St. Ladislas; Middle Ages; Novo Mesto Zelinsko; Croatia; Slavonia; Trogir’s Cathedral

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