Migracije katolika iz Bosne u Slavoniju – usporedba nekih odabranih arhivskih izvora
Migrations of Catholics from Bosnia to Slavonia – a comparison of some selected archival sources

Summary/Abstract: Based on the analysis of several selected archival sources, it is proven that a significant part of the present-day Croatian population of the eastern part of the Republic of Croatia originates from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Ottoman conquest of the Kingdom of Bosnia caused longterm migration movements of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Catholics towards the north. They migrated to Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem in Croatia, then to Srijem, Bačka and Banat in Serbia, Banat in Romania, and to the north to Baranja and Bačka in Hungary. This paper analyzes data from selected archival sources of Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Croatian provenance. The focus is on data relating to the Catholic population in Central Slavonian Posav-ina, from Nova Gradiška to Slavonski Brod. They are compared with data from sources on Bosni-an Posavina, Central Bosnia, Northwestern Bosnia and the entire Bosnia and Herzegovina. A selected geographical area of Central Slavonian Posavina along or very close to the Sava River was also taken into consideration. Anthroponymic data for ten settlements in this area were com-pared. Quantitative data on the share of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Catholic population in the demographic structure of selected settlements in the second half of the 18th century were presented, and a new perspective on previous knowledge was given.

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