IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1611: A World of Steel and Stone: Networks of Defensive Structures in Medieval Slavonia, Croatia, and Dalmatia
Thursday 6 July 2023, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Tomislav Matić, School of History, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Danko Dujmović, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences University of Rijeka |
| Paper 1611-a | Testing the Limits: Defensive Systems on the Western Borders of Central Slavonia in the High Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Architecture - Secular, Geography and Settlement Studies, Military History |
| Paper 1611-b | The Congregatio Generalis of 1558: The Role of Steničnjak Castle in the Defence of the Kingdom of Croatia (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1611-c | The Network of Castles and Fortresses in the Medieval County of Gračenica (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Geography and Settlement Studies, Local History, Military History |
| Paper 1611-d | Roads and Castles of the Vinodol Valley: The Cases of Grižane and Ledenice (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Secular, Local History, Military History |
| Abstract | The High and Late Middle Ages introduced Europe to a new idea of warfare, based around a system of permanent defensive structures. This trend spread quickly through the Croatian medieval area, and fortifications sprung up on virtually every strategic spot. Whole systems of stone castles were built, some of which fell into disrepair quickly, some were replaced by new and improved ones, and some were maintained and manned well into the early modern age. This was a matter of necessity, especially in the Late Middle Ages, as the Croatian area was a buffer region between powerful entities such as the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. This session will deal with defensive systems built in medieval Slavonia especially in the context of external threats. |