Review article
Causes of the first Posavina rebellion (1653-1659) and the role of Ivan Zakmardi Dijankovečki in its documenting
Domagoj Sremić
; Gimnazija Sisak, Hrvatskih branitelja 1, HR-44000 Sisak
Abstract
The true social situation in Posavina of the mid 17th century can be described as a dynamic sequence of important socio-economic changes (recommutation, refeudalization, defense from the Turks), all of them caused by social movements in wider European territory. Economic poverty of Croatia resulted from constant war uncertainty regarding Turkish attacks and con“icts in Vojna Krajina/the Croatian Military Border on one side, and on the other side from con“icts within very feudal structures. Bearing this in mind, frequent clashes in the 17th century Posavina were just a logical outcome of abovementioned social turmoils. By fighting newly installed forms of exploiting and striving for military relaxations they found their modus vivendi known as ‘search for justice’. The protonotary Ivan Zakmardi, who represented high nobility and acted as a high state official, was a key figure in the Posavina uprisings: by keeping numerous records covering the problems of Posavina he gathered evidence that is today a basis for investigations.
Keywords
Posavina rebellions; 17th century; the Posavina people; Emerik Erdödy; serfdom; re-commutation; statute labour; squire’s estate Novi-grad Posavski; Ivan Zakmardi; protonotary
Hrčak ID:
67962
URI
Publication date:
1.2.2011.
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