Properties
| ID | 117326 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Edition |
| Case Study | Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) |
| Edition | Travel Account |
Description
Gerhard Neweklowsky, Benedict Curipeschitz. Itinerarium oder Wegrayß Küniglich Mayestät potschafft gen Constantinopel zudem Türckischen Keiser Soleyman. Anno 1530 (Österreichisch-bosnische Beziehungen 2). Klagenfurt 1997, 87-88.
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Actors (1)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Relation Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedikt Kuripešič | Person | 'Little is known about Benedict Curipeschitz. He was born around 1490 in Oberburg in Southern Styria, modern Gornji Grad in Slovenia. Although he was of Slovenian origin, he regarded himself as a citizen of the German Holy Roman Empire: in his Itinerarium he remarks that he and his companions in Constantinople missed nothing ‘except for our German freedom’ (das unns nichts abganngen, dann allain unnser Teutsche freyheit, ed. Neweklowsky, p. 79). In 1508 Curipechitz was enrolled at the University of Vienna, and in 1525 he appears as a notary public in Laibach (modern Ljubljana). He was proficient in Slovenian, German and also Latin, which he probably learnt at the diocesan collegiate chapter at Oberburg, which had been established after 1473 when the monastery was closed by Pope Sixtus IV. It is most likely that his language skills led to his appointment as an interpreter as part of a diplomatic mission sent by King Ferdinand I of Hungary to the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman I in 1530, immediately after the first Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1529. Further details of his life after the return of the mission to Germany on 2 February 1531, and the date of his death are unknown. Curipechitz left two works, the Itinerarium and the Disputation." Küçükhüseyin, Sevket. ‘Benedict Curipeschitz’. Christian-Muslim Relations 1500 - 1900. Ed. David Thomas et al. Brill Reference Online. Web. 8 Aug. 2019. |
Places (5)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poneš | Place | Poneš was visited by the traveller Benedikt Kuripešič in 1531. | ||
| Preševo | Place | Preševo was visited by the traveller Benedikt Kuripešič in 1531. | ||
| Priština | Place | Before 21 February 1340 the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) issued a charter for Pavle Restić in Priština. In the middle of the year 1340 King Stefan Dušan enacted a charter for the Monastery Sveti Nikola na Vranjini in Priština. In 1351 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan issued a charter in Priština for the town of Kotor. Petančić mentioned it in 1522. Priština was visited by the traveller Kuripešič 1531. | ||
| Route of Kuripešič | Place | Kuripešič traveled along this route through Macedonia in 1531. | ||
| Stracin | Place | In January 1531 Benedikt Kuripešič travelled through Stracin (Stratzin). The village of Stracin is not to be confused with the mountain pass of Sracin. The Venetian official Gaspare Erizzo crossed Stracin (Strasino) in 1558 on his journey to Samokov. Stracin is also mentioned in an Italian itinerary from 1558 (Strazin). The village of Stracin is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519, 1530/31 and from the years 1570 to 1572. Stracin appears in a note of a Slavic manuscript from the 17th century among the accommodations on the road to Constantinople (Stracinь). |
Events (1)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel of Kuripešič | Activity | Benedikt Kuripešič traveled along a specific route through Northern Macedonia: Samokov (Samokhow or Samokhew), Kadin most or Nevestin most by Nevestino ("zu ainer schönen stainen pruggen"), Slokoštnica (Osslkhostanitza), Kjustendil (Khostanskha Wana), Konopnica (Khonopnitza) at the River Kriva reka (Khriua Rekha), Stracin (Stratzin) to Preševo (Froscheue) and through the Skopska Crna Gora ("über ainen großen perg Zernagore, das ist Schwartzberg"). He needed six days for this route. |