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Croats in Venetian Cadastres (XVII–XVIII Century)

Lovorka Čoralić

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The problematic of establishing the places of entrance, the living quarters, the life and the ways of living of the Croatian immigrants in Venice is one of the important elements within the complex of an exhaustive exploration of the history of the Croatian national group in the city on the lagoons. An examination of various sources from the State Archive in Venice (wills, cadastres) clearly point to the central areas of centuries-long immigration. This is the eastern city quarters of Castello, where the greatest number of immigrants originating on the eastern Adriatic shore were registered in the central and largest parish of S. Pietro di Castello. Even today numerous topographic records are to be found on its outer edges whose names remind us of the long ago presence of the Croatian immigrant community. Riva degli Schiavoni, Cale and Corte Schiavona, Fondamenta degli Schiavoni and a whole group of small streets/squares which owe their names to XVIth century Croats (Corte Piero da Lesina, Corte Solta, Corte Sabioncella) are permanent testimonials of a once numerically powerful national group. The theme of this article is an analysis of cadastres registers from 1661, 1712 and 1740. On the basis of data recorded there the author looks at the numerical fluctuations of Croats inscribed in parishes of the Castello area, at the gender structure, their places of origin and their vocations. Cadastres offer precious data on the social status and the wealth of the Croatian immigrants of the time, their gathering together within particular narrower city areas but also on the presence of individuals and families with whose activities we are familiar from other sources and literature. As a whole it can be concluded that comparative investigations of the Venetian cadastres are a significant additional source within the complex of an all-encompassing exploration of the Croatian community in Venice during a number of past centuries.

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Hrčak ID:

12151

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/12151

Datum izdavanja:

19.9.2002.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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