Original scientific paper

Culture of Disobedience on the Military Frontier in the 18th Century: Survival of Ringleaders Simeon Filipović and Todor Kijuk

Nataša Štefanec

Abstract

The paper investigates the development of the culture of disobedience on the Military Frontier. Based on a number of sources related to two rebellions on the Ban’s Frontier or Banska krajina (1730/1731 and 1751), the paper analyzes a gradual change in the methods of protest, like long-term negotiation and lobbying, that the frontiersmen increasingly used instead of physical violence in order to protect
and preserve their legal and social status. The early modern Habsburg state, on the other hand, began to deploy more lenient and educational measures instead of brutal physical punishment in order to control disobedient frontiersmen and further their interests. As a result, the ringleaders of two rebellions, Simeon Filipović and Todor Kijuk, escaped capital punishment, while the frontier society
became more homogeneous and stable, as well as more responsive to Habsburg military needs.

Keywords

Military Frontier; Military Border; 18th Century; Culture of disobedience; History of violence

Hrčak ID:

285295

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/285295

Publication date:

9.11.2022.

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