Dubrovnik’s Burgus of St Blasius in the 13th Century
Dubrovnik’s Burgus of St Blasius in the 13th Century

Author(s): Irena Benyovsky Latin
Subject(s): Historical Geography, Environmental Geography, Local History / Microhistory, Rural and urban sociology, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Dubrovnik; urban development; 13th century; Burgus of St Blasius;
Summary/Abstract: There are a number of studies on the urban development of medieval Dubrovnik, which analyze the basic way of its expansion beyond the old city walls and its spatial formation to the north, which resulted in the final articulation of its urban area and the construction of the new city walls by the end of the 13th century. But regardless of these research results, the level of urbanization in 13th-century Dubrovnik is still a matter of debate among the historians, archaeologists, and art historians. An especially under-researched area is the situation of urban space regarding property or possessions, as well as the location and residential mobility of specific social subjects and their real estate, which are all crucial elements in understanding the city’s urban evolution. This article aims at analyzing the development of Dubrovnik’s burgus of St Blasius as it was transformed from an extra-urban territory into a suburb and then, at the turn of the 14th century, into a central area of the medieval city.

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