GRBLJANI U MLETAČKIM PREKOMORSKIM KOPNENIM POSTROJBAMA (18. STOLJEĆE)
The Denizens of Grbalj as Soldiers in Venetian Transmarine Military Units (the Eighteenth Century )

Summary/Abstract: The central theme of the article is directed on the research of the share of the denizens of Grbalj in Venetian transmarine military units (infantry and cavalry) in the eighteenth century. As primary sources are used documents created by the state magistracy Inquisitori sopra l’amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli, containing lists of the complement of particular military units, which are kept in the Archivio di Stato di Venezia. As secondary (additional) sources are used the Deeds of the Notaries of Zadar, kept in the State Archive of Zadar. Following these sources and previous results of historiography, the article delineates main characteristics of the participation of the denizens of Grbalj in the aforementioned Venetian transmarine units. From the analysis of these dana, it is evident that the denizens of Grbalj were in the first place active within Venetian infantry, and that they were particularly numerous during the so-called Little or the Second War of Morea (1714-1718), in the period of which Grbalj came under the Venetian rule. Places of their operation (garrisons of particular companies and regiments) were diverse and they were present in the area of Venetian hinterland (Veneto), Istria, Dalmatia, Boka and Grece. Their commanders were in the first place officers from Dalmatia and Boka, prominent actors of Venetian military history of the eighteenth century. The denizens of Grbalj were not only simple soldiers, but they succeeded in gaining important non-commissioned and commissioned officer ranks, as may be well seen from the case of the members of the Bogetić family. In the end of the article are added several appendices: lists of military complement in companies of Wolf and Mark Bogetić from 1780 and a list of all the denizens of Grbalj who were soldiers in Venetian infantry units as established until now.

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