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FROM THE PAST OF BOKA – FAMILY ĐUROVIĆ FROM PRČANJ AND THE CROATIAN CONFRATERNITY OF ST. GEORGE AND TRYPHON IN VENICE (18TH CENTURY – BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY)
Lovorka ČORALIĆ
Sažetak
Period between the eighteen century and the first half of the nineteenth century is considered as the »golden age« of economic and cultural development of Boka Kotorska. Besides Perast, Dobrota and the capital of Kotor, the leading settlement in this Gulf of
saints was Prčanj. Local naval and merchant families, such as Beskuća, Đurović, Lazari, Luković, Milin, Veorna, Visin, Zerman etc, at that time were quite rich and possessed many merchant ships, or at least significant share of them. The most frequent destination
of these ships was Venice, the capital of Stato di Mar, and place of immigration for many Croatian newcomers from the eastern Adriatic coast. From 1451 one can trace existence of the confraternity of St. George and Tryphon (Scuola degli Schiavoni) in Venice, which soon became the most important gathering place and meeting point for all the Croats in Venice. In the eighteenth century majority of members and officials on the administrative positions in the confraternity were from Boka, and therefore the focus of this article is investigation and analysis of relations between the number of immigrants from Boka in
Venice and their influence on the activities of the confraternity. The central part of the analysis is examination of role of Đurević family members in the confraternity, since they were one of the leading naval-merchant families in Boka in this period until the beginning
of the nineteenth century. The analysis is based on examination of primary sources preserved in the Archives of the confraternity of St. George and Tryphon (records from the annual assembly of the confraternity, records of income and expenses etc) and combined
with the existing historiographic knowledge about the period. Author chronologically follows activities of certain members of Đurović family in the confraternity (membership, offices and administrative positions), and as much as it possible regarding the preserved
primary sources author delivers for all the analyzed persons the entire additional information regarding their activities in economic and cultural life of Boka.
Ključne riječi
Boka Kotorska; Prčanj; Venice; Venetian Republic; confraternity of St. George and Tryphon; Đurović family; social history; history of 18th and 19th century
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18.6.2014.
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