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''Vazetje Sigeta grada'' ( English: ''The Taking of the City of Siget'') is the first Croatian historical epic written between 1568 and 1572 by Brne Karnarutić and published posthumously in 1584. The epic poem deals with the 1566 defense of Siget by Nikola Šubić Zrinski, based on the writing of his valet, Franjo Črnko.


Contents


Composition and themes

The overall impression is based on opposition of Christian and "un-Christian", which is associated with just and unjust. The epic is described as twenty pages long, divided in four sections, and is written in doubly-rhymed dodecasyllable.Vazetje Sigeta grada / Brne Karnarutić
on National and University Library in Zagreb website


Summary

The first section of the epic is devoted to introducing Nikola Zrinski,
Sultan Suleiman Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...
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 Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ( ota, صوقوللى محمد پاشا, Ṣoḳollu Meḥmed Pașa, tr, Sokollu Mehmet Paşa; ; ; 1506 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman statesman most notable for being the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in ...
. This leads to the death and burial of Nikola Zrinski.


Publication history

*1st edition, 1584,
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*2nd edition, 1639, VeniceHrvatski biografski leksikon: Karnarutić, Barne
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*3nd edition, 1661, Venice (by Fordoci) *4th edition, 1866, Zagreb (by
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See also

* The Siege of Sziget


References


External links

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Vazetje sigeta grada, by Karnarutić
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Biography of Franjo Črnko
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