On some pieces of information from newly published sources for the older history of Krk

Abstract

The Author analyzes 30 documents from the State Archive in Venice (Mensa patriarcale) dealing with the history of Krk, published recently by J. Kolanović in vol. I of this journal (1991). 24 of these were not previously published and, as we are dealing with documents from the 12th century onwards for which period we have relatively few sources, they are of great interest for a better knowledge of the histoty of Croatia. The analysis of documents nos. 1,2 and 3, dated in 1153 and 1172 leads the A to the conclusion that they are counterfeited, which means that even after that year the inhabitants of Omišalj were patrons of the church of St. Martin and that mass was read in Old Slav language. Documents nos. 6 (1175), 12,14, and 15 deal with the long-lasting conflict between the Omišalj patrons of the same church and the Murano monastery of St. Cyprianus, because the people of Omišalj obstinately defended their rights. Only in 1298 the Doge Pietro Gradonigo stands up vigorously in favour of the rights of the monastery of St. Cyprianus. Particularly important are the new pieces of information on the Counts of Krk, among others those that confirm that Bartol V still lived in 1300 and that his son Marko I participated in public life in 1299. Furthermore, the published documents prove that the Counts of Krk temporarily lost their title in the 40-ies of the 13th century. Fridrik and Bartol are mentioned in documents nos. 12, 14 and 15, dated in 1243 and 1245. The Counts of Krk succeeded in returning to the island in the second half of 1251, when they expelled the members of the Tiepolo family. Finally, the A analyzes the position of one branch of the Counts of Krk, the so-called Škinelići, banished from Krk by another branch of the family in 1358.