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https://doi.org/10.58565/vda.3.1.8
Soldiers from Knin in the Venetian overseas ground troops in the 18th century
Lovorka Čoralić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9333-7221
; Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The central topic of the paper refers to the share of soldiers from the city of Knin, but also from the territory of Knin (territorio di Knin) in the Venetian overseas ground troops (infantry and cavalry) in the 18th century. The research is based on an insight into unpublished materials from the Archivio di Stato di Venezia (fonds of the state magistracy for recruitment under the name Inquisitori sopra l’amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli). The paper deals with the way soldiers are mentioned in the source, the time frame of their activities and their division according to their involvement in certain military branches. It is especially emphasized that
in the last years of Serenissima’s existence, the members of the territorial militia (cernida, krajine), probably from the Knin area, were included in the professional infantry units. Considering that the cataloguers sometimes provided information on the personal (physical) characteristics of individual soldiers, their age, length of
service, stature, hair colour, etc. are indicated. The soldiers taken into consideration here were mainly commanded by high-ranking officers from Dalmatia and Boka, and basic information is provided about them and their careers. The paper analyses the places of troops’ operation where these soldiers were listed (from Venice and Veneto, through Dalmatia and Boka kotorska to Corfu). At the end of the article, it is concluded that the soldiers from Knin and its surroundings represented an extremely notable, numerous and respected regional group within the numerically large corps of Croatian soldiers in the Venetian ground troops. At the end of the
paper, a tabular overview presents all soldiers found so far from this area active in the overseas troops of the Venetian ground army.
Ključne riječi
Knin; Republic of Venice; military history; infantry; cavalry; history of the 18th century
Hrčak ID:
293972
URI
Datum izdavanja:
24.2.2023.
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