CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Baján, Levente |
|---|---|
| Title | The Transformations of Vrana from the 12th to 14th Centuries: A Comparative Analysis of the Templar and Hospitaller Periods |
| Summary | The following thesis is a contribution to the study of Christian military orders and their landed estates in Europe serving as a supportive framework for the crusaders in the Holy Land. Among these European holdings the preceptory of Vrana, analyzed in this research, located on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia was one of the most important possessions of the Templars and of the later Hospitallers in its surrounding region. The thesis aims to understand the complex sets of relationships around Vrana from the three focal points of the papacy, the Hungarian monarchy, and the locals. It provides answers to the larger questions of how and why did the developments or transformations of this relationship network occur, and how did the power struggles between the above-mentioned parties affect Vrana’s territorial layout overtime. By dividing up the analysis according to the preceptory’s Templar and Hospitaller periods respectively, the thesis also provides a longue durée comparison between the two Orders demonstrating the geopolitical and territorial transformations that Vrana went through over the two and a half centuries under study. |
| Supervisor | Laszlovszky, József; Szende, Katalin |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/bajan_levente.pdf |
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