The Croatian Kingdom's Golden Age Under Dmitar Zvonimir

Episode 218 of The History of Croatia steps back from the frontier wars and conspiracies to a rare stretch of peace and strength: the reign of King Dmitar Zvonimir, the last great king of the native Trpimirović dynasty. We trace his rise from a Croatian ban who fought beside the Normans to a king crowned by a papal legate in 1075, and the golden age of trade, churches, and royal power that followed. We walk the stone streets of his capital at Knin, hear the silver he granted to the Benedictine abbey of St. Stephen, and consider how his death at the Sabor on the Duvanjsko polje — whether murdered or simply gone — opened the door to the Hungarian crown and centuries of shared rule. Lucas and Luna also untangle the legend of the king's curse, the myth of his heart buried in Rome, and what the archaeological record really tells us about the man behind the crown. This episode sets the stage for the collapse that followed, and asks whether Zvonimir's 'golden age' was real or a story Croatia told about itself in harder times.

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