Vazetje Sigeta grada (English: The Taking of the City of Siget) is a 16th century epic poem written between 1568 and 1572 by Brne Karnarutić from Zadar, and deals with the 1566 Siege of Szigetvár defended by Nikola IV Zrinski, based on the writing Podsjedanje i osvojenje Sigeta of Zrinski's scribe and chamberlain, Franjo Črnko.[1]
It was published posthumously,[1][2] with the oldest surviving copy dated to 1584,[1][3] but the first printing was most probably years before because was already well known and mentioned by scribe and poet Hortenzije Bartučević (d. 1579) from Hvar.[1]
It is the first Croatian historical epic.[1][4] It was also written in dedication to Juraj IV Zrinski, a Nikola IV's son.[1]
Contents
editComposition and themes
editThe overall impression is based on opposition of Christian and "un-Christian", which is associated with just and unjust.[5] The epic is described as twenty pages long,[6] divided in four sections, and is written in doubly-rhymed dodecasyllable.[5]
Summary
editThe first section of the epic is devoted to introducing Nikola Zrinski, Sultan Suleiman and the besieging Ottoman army. The second section describes the preparation of the Ottomans for an attack, with the third dealing with the final battle. The last section mentions the death of Suleiman, with the final charge led by Mehmed Paša Sokolović. This leads to the death and burial of Nikola Zrinski.[5]
Publication history
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f Pranjić, Ivan (2016). Sigetski boj u hrvatskoj epici. Čakovec: Matica hrvatska. pp. 6, 33–78. ISBN 978-953-6138-66-1.
- ^ Sirotković, Jakov; Cecić, Ivo; zavod, Jugoslavenski leksikografski (February 7, 1990). Enciklopedija Jugoslavije. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod. ISBN 9788670530249 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bracewell, Catherine Wendy (December 18, 2015). The Uskoks of Senj: Piracy, Banditry, and Holy War in the Sixteenth-Century Adriatic. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501702846 – via Google Books.
- ^ Thomas, David; Chesworth, John A. (July 24, 2015). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History.: Volume 7. Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America (1500-1600). BRILL. ISBN 9789004298484 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c Vazetje Sigeta grada / Brne Karnarutić on National and University Library in Zagreb website
- ^ Zrinyi, Miklos; Gömöri, George (July 27, 2011). The Siege of Sziget. CUA Press. ISBN 9780813218618 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hrvatski biografski leksikon: Karnarutić, Barne, Milovan Tatarin (2009.)
- ^ "Drugo izdanje Vazetje, Jembrih".
- ^ Karnarutić, Brne Vazetje Sigeta grada / složeno po Barni Karnarutiću Zadraninu ; uvod i tumač napisao Velimir Gaj ; izdanje dra. Ljudevita Gaja., katalog.hazu.hr.
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