Povijesni prilozi, Vol. 39 No. 58, 2020.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.22586/pp.v39i58.10321
Tribe Vratković and other Morlachs in the 16th Century Trogir District
Kristijan Juran
orcid.org/0000-0003-3765-0261
; Odjel za povijest Sveučilišta u Zadru
Abstract
Recent historiography has produced a number of notable works on the Venetian-Ottoman relations at the border of Trogir in the 16th century and the role of the newly settled Ottoman Morlachs therein. This paper is a contribution to the understanding of these relations, its research sensors focusing primarily on the previously unpublished archival data about the presence of the Morlach tribes (Katuns) in individual villages of the Trogir district in the period from 1530 to 1600. It has been noted that the majority of the newly arrived Morlachs belonged to the tribal groups of Vratković, Popović, and Vasarović. The Vratković tribe, which came from Herzegovina, was the most numerous. They inhabited six villages – Ljubitovica, Bristivica, Prapatnica, Dašini Doci, Vraca, and Blizna. The village of their elder (Katunar) was in Ljubitovica. The Popović tribe is mentioned in 1530 in Zbičje (the north-eastern part of present-day Prgomet) and later recorded in Suhi Dol and Kosmači (present-day Primorski Dolac). The Vasarović tribe was located in Trokolve and most probably owes its tribal name to Vasav, the father of Jacob, who in 1550 was the village's elder. Thus, the three Morlach communities demographically covered two-thirds of the settlements in the hinterland of Trogir, the area “behind the hills,” and the Trogir district. Perhaps future research will identify them also in the remaining third, for instance in Labin, Opor, Prgomet, and Radošić.
Keywords
Morlachs; Vratković tribe; Popović tribe; Vasarović tribe; Trogir; Zagora; 16th century
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241059
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Publication date:
6.7.2020.
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