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Dolenci and Bezjaci, Contribution to the Knowledge of the Croatian-Slovene Migration in the Early Modern Age
Hrvoje Petrić
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In this paper, the author tries to reconstruct part of the Croatian-Slovene migration processes in the early modern period. The regions of Podravina, Varaždin Generalate and Križevci County were repopulated by new settlers from various regions and their coming played an important role in repopulation and revitalization of settlements in general. Some of the newcomers were Slovenes from Kranj and their ethnic origin belongs to Slovenia. Some new settlers were named Dolenci (meaning, from Dolenjska, Slovenia). It is highly likely that the frequent ethnic name Dolenec referred to people from
across Mura River from Dolinska, or perhaps even from Prlekija (a part of today’s Slovenia, an area between the rivers Mura and Drava, around the towns of Ljutomer and Ormož).
Keywords
historical demography; Military Frontier (Border); Croatia; Slovenia; early modern history; migrations
Hrčak ID:
95365
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Publication date:
3.12.2012.
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