PT Journal
AU Nachtmannova, A
   Razim, V
TI Early Termination of the Zebrak Town Walls
SO Pamatky strednich Cech
PY 2021
BP 71
EP 76
VL 35
IS 1
DI 10.56112/psc.2021.1.07
WP https://pamatkysc.cz/en/artkey/psc-202101-0007.php
DE medieval municipal fortification; construction and decline of fortification; King Ferdinand I; urban changes
SN 08621586
AB The town of Zebrak (Beroun region) is rather noteworthy for several events related to its medieval fortification. In 1377, the royal officials ruthlessly extracted stone for the construction of the town walls from the fields of the local pastor and destroyed them. When the walls were erected, partial urban changes provoked a quick response from the burghers who partly occupied the land of the same pastor. In 1532, Zebrak suffered from a severe night fire and King Ferdinand I, who spent a night there, escaped it at the last minute. The fire - as well as further disasters - caused such substantial damage to the fortification that it fell into disrepair before the end of the Thirty Years' War. Apparently, this type of municipal fortification deterioration was not unusual in the Czech lands.
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