Historical Journal, Vol. 75 No. 1, 2022.
Original scientific paper
Recruiting for the “Foreign War”: New Sources on the Participation of Croatian Soldiers in the Thirty Years’ War
Damir Stanić
Abstract
The Thirty Years’ War was a great European conflict that was mostly waged in Central Europe i.e. on the territory of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. However, with the entry of the surrounding states the conflict expanded to the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of France, United Provinces, northern Italy and even to the colonies of the belligerent sides. Croatian soldiers played a
rather important role in the conflict, and their participaton was long remembered after the War. Even though Croatian soldiers are often mentioned in various works regarding the War, Croatian historiography still has not researched this subject properly. In order to contribute to this complex and intriguing subject, I will address the question of recruitment and origins of soldiers coming from the
Croatian and Slavonian territories (including the Slavonian and Croatian Border) who participated in the War.
Keywords
17th Century; Thirty Years’ War; Croatia, Slavonia; Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation; Catholics, Protestants; Croatian regiments; Croats; Border; recruitment; soldiers
Hrčak ID:
285294
URI
Publication date:
9.11.2022.
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