Naslov
“Verità d’alcuni heretici”: The Archbishop of Bar vs. the Count of Ulcinj – Two Accusations, Two Testimonies (the Sixteenth Century)

Autori
Čoralić, Lovorka

Izvornik
Acta Histriae (1318-0185) 19 (2011), 3; 407-416

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

Ključne riječi
Ulcinj; the Diocese of Ulcinj; Bar; the Archdiocese of Bar; inquisition; patriciate; ecclesiastical history

Sažetak
Based on the sources kept in the state archive of Venice (the series of the Council of Ten and the Venetian Inquisition), the article presents some components of social and religious life in the city of Ulcinj in the 1540s. Central protagonists of the paper are Archbishop Lodovico Chieregati of Bar (1528-1551) and his general vicar of the Bar Archdiocese for many years James Dalmas, a nobleman of Bar, the bishop of Budva and Ulcinj. The latter bishop, according to a report of the count and captain of Ulcinj Baldassare Condumier, the main culprit for social, but also for confessional disputes in the Ulcinj Diocese, caused by Condumier’s intentions on aggregating some new families in the nobility of Ulcinj. As a sequel of these conflicts, the Archbishop Chieregati reacted with a letter from Vicenza, giving support to his confident Dalmas and accusing a part of the clergy of Ulcinj in front of the Venetian inquisition for supporting Protestantism. Based on these data, social and confessional circumstances in Ulcinj and the Archdiocese of Bar in general and the Diocese of Budva have been analysed, as well as clarified the role of main protagonists in the events. The article argues that the testimonies of witnesses (main protagonists), directed to the high bodies of Venetian secular and ecclesiastical authorities do not reflect full historical truth, but they are result of personal intentions and interests of persons sending them. However, even in spite of the subjectivity of their statements, this kind of sources may be considered as a valuable historical source.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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