VUK MANDUŠIĆ U VENECIJANSKOJ ISTORIOGRAFIJI XVII VEKA
VUK MANDUŠIĆ IN THE VENETIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE XVII CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: Vuk or Vuchen Mandušić is the one of the first who has been moved from the Ottoman to the Venetian teritory in Dalmatia, at a very begining of the Candian War. Appearence of these people and his integration in Venetian military organization gave some kind of security for this State to continue this conflict. With comparation of these work’s and archival resources we might today reconstructed much of thise individuals who are originated from Morachien, i.e., Vlachien inhabitans, and who are lay himself to dispostition to the Venetian’s authority. Several documents about Vuk Mandušić from 1648 were preserved, and these were published several decades ago. The histories (mainly of Venice provenance) were analyzed from the aspect of their credibility in presentation of Vuk Mandušić. His first mention is in relation to attack on Knin in February 1648. This enables for the event to be shifted for several months earlier (during 1647). Because of the reputation he enjoyed with authorities and people, he soon became a threat to other Morlach leaders. His own violent death near Zečevo raises suspicions that betrayal was involved. Even after death, he continued to live in the collective memory of people that followed him. During the following centuries, memory of him was kept by Franciscan monastery at Visovac, partially revealing his origins.

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