Naslov
Fortified Towns of the Babonić Counts in Central and Lower Pounje as Non-Agrarian Settlements (13th-14th Centuries)

Autori
Kekez, Hrvoje

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Authority and Property / Benyovsky Latin, I and Pešorda Vardić, Z. - Zagreb : Hrvatski institut za povijest, 2014, 157-187

ISBN
9789537840303

Skup
Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Authority and Property

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 15.11.2010. - 16.11.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Babonići ; Pounje ; fortified towns ; suburbia ; estates ; trade route ; 13th and 14th centuries

Sažetak
In the 13th century, the Slavonian noble kindred of Babonić, later known as the counts of Blagaj, gradually came to rule the entire basin of the Una river, from the place where it flows into the Sava upstream, all the way to the town of Ostrožac. Having established their rule over one of the most important medieval traffic routes between Slavonia and Croatia and the Dalmatian cities, the Babonić kindred began building fortified towns on their estates, and sources from the late 13th and early 14th centuries mention several such towns (castra), such as Vodičevo, Zrin, Blagaj, Krupa, Otoka, and Ostrožac. By building or reconstructing these towns, the Babonić kindred asserted their power in the Una region, making this area the centre of their governance from the mid-14th century until the first decades of the 16th century, when their territories were occupied by the Ottomans. Profit gained from trade in the Una valley made it possible for the kindred to maintain financial stability for a long period of time. On the basis of preserved diplomatic sources, this paper offers an analysis of the gradually established power of the Babonić counts in Pounje from the second half of the 13th until the end of the 14th century, the emergence of non-agrarian settlements at the foot of their fortified noble towns, and the relationship between the urban population and the counts of Babonić. Its aim is to offer new insights into the urban character of medieval Slavonia, the history of the Babonić counts, and the Una region (Pounje) as such.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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