Poredbom
dubrovačkih izvora za drugu polovinu 14. stoljeća ustanovljeno je da se
kroničarski opisi epidemija koje su u to vrijeme pogodile Dubrovnik moraju
uzimati s rezervom. Nužna je provjera ...podataka koje donose dubrovačke kronike,
i to poglavito sučeljavanjem s podacima sadržanim u suvremenim zapisnicima
dubrovačkih vijeća. Nažalost, za dio godina u promatranom razdoblju ti
zapisnici nisu sačuvani, no kao „kontrolni element” provjere točnosti
kroničarskih zapisa mogu poslužiti oporuke, čija je brojnost rasla upravo u
godinama kad je Grad pogodila epidemija.
A comparison of various Dubrovnik sources relevant for
the second half of the 14th century has established that the chroniclers’
records of epidemics that struck Dubrovnik during that time must be taken with
a grain of salt. It is necessary to double-check the data provided by the
Dubrovnik chronicles, especially by juxtaposing them with the information
provided by the minutes of Dubrovnik’s councils from the same period.
Unfortunately, such records have not been preserved for a part of the observed
period, but last wills can be used as another “corrective” for the accuracy of the
chroniclers’ records, as their number increased in the years when the City was
struck by the epidemic.
On the basis of the Chronica Hungarorum of Johannes de Thurocz, the Epitome rerum Hungaricarum of Pietro Ransano, and the Rerum Ungaricarum decades of Antonio Bonfini that were compiled within ten ...years, between 1488 and 1498, my paper forms a multi-dimensional image of the late 15th-century political and cultural situation in the royal court of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458–1490). The three chronicles have come down to us in a number of books: manuscripts, incunabula and early prints alike, and many of them contain lengthy cycles of images. My paper investigates the agency of these books with a special emphasis on their illustrations. Through a study of the traditions they followed and the messages their illustrations conveyed, the primary question my paper seeks to answer is whether the cultural and political polarity of the royal court inherent in the texts of the chronicles is also present in the format, style and iconography of the illustrated books that contain them. The comparison of the early copies of the three chronicles shows that the cultural and political diversity of the royal court had an impact on the books that were made and/or used within its walls. Taking into consideration their circulation and reception as well, my paper discusses the role they played in royal propaganda, and the impact they had on the European image of Hungary and the Hungarians.
Autor se na početku svog rada ukratko osvrće na dosadašnja istraživanja o porijeklu i povijesti balkanskih Vlaha, na različite rezultate i pristrane interpretacije pojedinih povjesničara, te ...zaključuje da mu je cilj pokazati etničku samosvojnost Vlaha na temelju srednjovjekovnih izvora. U uvodnim poglavljima istražuje koliko i na koji način o Vlasima govore srednjovjekovne povelje srpskih vladara, te latinski izvori zapadnih kroničara i papinskih isprava i pisama. Glavni dio rasprave obuhvaća opis Vlaha na temelju srednjovjekovnih bizantskih kroničara, povjesničara i pisaca. Na početku tog dijela autor umeće pregled o procesu dolaženja, miješanja i stapanja različitih naroda i etničkih skupina na Balkanu od IV. do X. stoljeća. Zatim analizira prvi spomen Vlaha u bizantskim kronikama iz X. stoljeća, a koje opisuju Vlahe u vrijeme cara Justinijana (VI. st.), te kako se oni spominju u kasnijim bizantskim djelima. Opisuje potom što isti izvori govore o porijeklu Vlaha, o njihovom etničkom karakteru, o njihovom kršćanstvu i crkvenoj organizaciji i konačno o njihovoj političko-socijalnoj strukturi i gospodarskoj djelatnosti.
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