Urban Transformation after a Scandal: Preserving Social Values in Late Medieval Dubrovnik

Ana Plosnić Škarić () and Ana Marinković
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Ana Plosnić Škarić: Institute of Art History,10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Marinković: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: This research reveals the original medieval forms of the Convent of Poor Clares while contextualising the spatial interventions after the scandalous year 1433 that led to the urban transformation of the broader neighbourhood. The research methodology addressed historical visual sources analysed in the context of the information provided by archival documents, starting with the Ordo from 1433 and including all the City Councils’ deliberations until 1450. Linking these two sets of information resulted in the schematic and hypothetical visualisation of the disposition of the convent’s medieval buildings and the identification of all the changes in neighbouring public and private buildings and spaces implemented to achieve the perfect clausura inside the densely built urban fabric. Along with the prison sentence to be served inside this very convent, the nobility of the Republic of Dubrovnik ensured that the social values were preserved for the future.

Keywords: urban transformation; archival sources; visual sources; hypothetical reconstruction; medieval urban life; social values; Dubrovnik; Convent of Poor Clares (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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