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The Uskoks of Senj : Piracy, Banditry, and Holy War in the Sixteenth-Century Adriatic.
In this highly original and influential book, Catherine Wendy Bracewell reconstructs and analyzes the tumultuous history of the uskoks of Senj, the martial bands nominally under the control of the Habsburg Military Frontier in Croatia, who between the 1530s and the 1620s developed a community based...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THE USKOKS OF SENJ; Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgments; Conventions and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; The Uskoks of Senj between Three Empires; Approaches to the Uskoks; Sources; 2. The Borders and Border Military Systems; The Impact of Ottoman Invasion; Conflict and Community on the Borders; Border Military Systems; Klis and Senj in the Military Frontier; 3. Origins and Motives of the Uskoks; Origins and Numbers; Why Become an Uskok?; 4. The Raiding Economy; Military Frontier Subsidies; The Economics of Raiding; Trade as a Function of Plunder.
- 5. Military Authority and RaidingSenj Citizens and Uskoks; Uskok Rank-and-File: Venturini and Stipendiati; Uskok Commanders; Captains of Senj; The Habsburgs and the Military Frontier Administration; 6. Legitimating Raiding: The Uskok Code; The Uskok antemurale Christianitatis; Honor and Vengeance; Solidarity and Conflict; 7. Allies and Victims; Relations with the Infidel; Uskoks and Ottoman Christians; Christian Neighbors: Venice and Dubrovnik; Merchants and Cities; The Rural Population of Dalmatia; 8. The Final Decades; Deteriorating Relations with Venice; Rabatta's Commission in Senj.
- Dissent over the Limits of RaidsThe Peace of Zsitvatorok and Conflict with the Hofkriegsrat; Popular Support for the Uskoks; Vlatkovic's Trial: The End of the Independent Vojvodas; Toward War with Venice; 9. The Dispersal of the Uskoks; Appendix I: Chronology; Appendix II: Glossary; Bibliography; Index.