THE CASTLE OF DUBOVAC IN THE LATE-MIDDLE AND EARLY-MODERN AGES

On the basis of an overview of the results of archaeological research, analysis of stratigraphy of layers and finds from archaeological contexts, as well as known historical data, the paper provides new knowledge about the castle of Dubovac in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Age. It has been found that the early-Renaissance castle, built at the turn of the 16th th century, during the time of the Frankopan family, was built on older remains, probably of a wooden fortress surrounded by a ditch. This older castle was built at the beginning of the 15th th century during the time of the noble family Zudar, on a site where there was probably a fort in the 13th th century, perhaps in the style of a Romanesque castle, and to which the remains of a stone structure with a circular ground-plan are attributed. Fragments of kitchenware and other objects, especially majolica tableware and noteworthy clay stoves, testify to the way of life and equipment of the castle of Dubovac in the early Modern Age, at the time of the Frankopan and Zrinski families.