Professional paper

Hunting in Civil Croatia in the Early Modern Age

Luka Petrkač

Abstract

In this paper, the author deals with the issue of hunting in the area of Civil Croatia in the early modern period. In the introductory part, he introduces the reader to the text itself and the reasons for writing it. In the main part of the text, he starts with a brief overview of the history of hunt and hunting in Croatia and Slavonia, through which he deals with the topic of large estates on which hunting figured prominently as an activity and pastime. Presenting data on game species that lived on hunting grounds in Croatia and Slavonia and describing the hunting techniques, weapons and its purpose, the importance of hunting in the early modern period is emphasized.

Keywords

hunting; large estates; game; hunting techniques; weapons; Croatia; Slavonia

Hrčak ID:

277577

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/277577

Publication date:

31.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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