Naslov
In obsidione Constantinopolitana … mortem oppetisse: Uses of the Past and Reconstruction of Social Knowledge. The Case of the Oršić Family

Autori
Majnarić, Ivan

Izvornik
Radovi (Zavod za hrvatsku povijest) (0353-295X) 53 (2021), 3; 119-134

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
historiography, historians, Oršić noble family, social knowledge, understanding of the past

Sažetak
According to 19th century Croatian historiography, a certain John was the forefather of the Oršić family, one of the most distinguished Croatian noble families during the 18th century. As expected, John was no ordinary person, but rather one of the renowned defenders of besieged Constantinople in 1453. He stood by Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos during the final charge against the Ottomans, and was even among the few at the emperor’s deathbed as the Ottomans stormed the city, after which his wife and juvenile son miraculously escaped. Most of modern historians consider John and his life as a fabricated story, but was this the case for 19th century historians? The paper will show the dynamic transformation of local social knowledge through the process of narrativisation of the past and – in given social and situational constructions – the benefit of such a transformation for rebranding the normative and political community. At the same time, certain issues pertaining to the historiographical understanding of the past and the role of historian in the creation of history will be explored.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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