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Croats on the Venetian islands of Guidecca, Murano and Choggia
Lovorka Čoralić
; Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Sažetak
During the previous centuries, islands of the Venetian lagoon, especially larger and more populated ones, were often destination of the Croatian emigrants. The article, using the available literature and documents from the State archives in Venice (mostly testaments), presents how Croatian emigrants settled in Venetian islands Guidecca, Murano and Chioggia, and research their life and activites on those islands. Using the data from the testaments of the Croatian
emigrants, the article covers the main features of the Croatian presence on those islands which lasted for several centuries - information about the process and frequency of settlement during certain periods of time, how Croats were registred in Venetian documents, descent of the Croatian emigrants, their occupation and economical possibilities, their daily life and relations with other emigrants, their incorporation in the new environment and relations toward religious institutions and clergy. Data of the analysed testaments are presented in comparison with the Venetian lagoon as a whole, and also for each of the above mentioned islands. The
article also covers the activities of the prominent Croats, above all artists, who gave their contribution to the cultural and artistic development of the Venetian lagoon. Presence of Croats on other islands (S. Michele, S. Spirito, Burano) is also mentioned, but this issue should be covered more elaborately in further scientific research. It can be concluded that Croatian emigration to the islands of the Venetian lagoon, despite certain peculiarities, belongs to the
general Croatian emigration across the Adriatic in the medieval and early modern ages period. This article gives new valuable information about the continuous and long lasting relations between the two opposite coasts of the Adriatic sea.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
28659
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Datum izdavanja:
17.3.2003.
Posjeta: 1.753 *