Adelige Vermächtnisse an Venedigs Peripherie: Die Testamente dalmatinischer nobiles um 1550 [Noble Bequests in Venice's Periphery: The Testaments of Dalmatian Noblemen and -women]

This essay investigates the ways and means of self-representation of noblewomen of Zadar/Zara around the mid-16th century. The comparatively large number of ego-documents, in particular codicils, suggests a certain flexibilities and routines in dealing with one’s own death (and one's own post-mortem remembrance). Hence questions about the self-representation and strategies of individual noblewoman about their ceremonial burial practices, pious donations, the etc. are answered.