Original scientific paper
Summary: The Soldiers from the Isle of Krk in the Venetian Transmarine Military Units (18th Century)
Lovorka Čoralić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9333-7221
; Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The central theme of this article is directed towards the analysis of the participation of soldiers from the isle of Krk in Venetian transmarine military units: infantry (Fanti oltramarini) and cavalry (Cavalleria Croati, Croati a cavallo) in the eighteenth century. The article is based on the analysis of archival sources kept in the Archivio di Stato di Venezia, in the first place lists of members of particular military units composed by the state magistracy of the Inquisitori sopra l’amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli. In the introductory part of the article, general data on the Venetian transmarine units are given, while the central part of the text is directed towards the analysis of particular cases of participation of the soldiers from Krk in the aforementioned military units. The way how they are noted in sources, their number during the period under research, proportion of them within the aforementioned military branches, and personal characteristics of these soldiers (age, stature, colour of hair, and so on) have been analysed. General data on the commanders of military units (frequently leading Venetian officers who were by origin from Dalmatia and the Gulf of Kotor) are also given, as well as the places of the activity of particular companies (places where the lists of military complement were written). As an appendix to the article is given a comprehensive list of all the soldiers from the isle of Krk mentioned (according to the current state of research) as members of Venetian infantry and cavalry.
Keywords
Krk; Venice; the Republic of Venice; Venetian army; military history; the eighteenth century history
Hrčak ID:
284586
URI
Publication date:
5.5.2015.
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