Original scientific paper
SOLDIERS IN VENETIAN OVERSEAS LAND UNITS OF THE HOMELAND FROM SENJ, KARLOBAG AND FROM THE AREAS OF LIKA AND KRBAVA (18TH CENTURY)
LOVORKA ČORALIĆ
Abstract
The central theme of the paper is focused on the research of the contribution of soldiers from the homeland from Senj and Karlobag and from the areas of Lika and Krbava in Venetian land units – infantry (Fanti oltramarini) and cavalry (Croati a cavallo, Cavalleria Croati). The paper is based on the research of the unpublished and, in Croatian historiography, very little used material from Archivio di Stato di Venezia (documents of the state magistrate Inquisitori sopra
l'amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli) in which are contained the lists of individual regiments (infantry and cavalry) in which senior officers of Croatian origin commanded. In the introductory part of the paper there is a general overview of the military units of the Venetian Republic recruited principally along the Eastern Adriatic coast, and then, from the trace of the aforementioned material, it thoroughly analyses the presence and activity the people from Senj, Karlobag, Lika and residents from the area of Krbava in regiments and battalions of the Venetian infantry and cavalry during the 18th century. It points to the time frames of their operation, their
presence in individual military families, command staff and – from traces of the preserved data – they represent some personal characteristics of the soldiers (age, stature, hair colour). In the
appendix of the paper there is in alphabetical order, a list of all the soldiers (and their officers) of the homeland of Croatian regions and cities which – according to current research – formed a part of the military land forces of the Venetian Republic in the last centuries of its historical existence.
Keywords
Senj; Karlobag; Lika; Krbava; Venetian Republic; 18th century; military histor
Hrčak ID:
129811
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Publication date:
31.12.2013.
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