Soldiers from Bosnia in the Venetian overseas army units in the eighteenth century Cover Image

Vojnici iz Bosne u mletačkim prekomorskim kopnenim postrojbama u 18. stoljeću
Soldiers from Bosnia in the Venetian overseas army units in the eighteenth century

Author(s): Lovorka Čoralić
Subject(s): History, Military history, Political history, 18th Century
Published by: Institut za istoriju
Keywords: Bosnia; the Republic of Venice; military history; Fanti oltramarini; Cavalleria Croati; the eighteenth-century history

Summary/Abstract: Central topic of the article is directed towards the agency of soldiers originating from Bosnia in Venetian army forces (infantry and cavalry) in the eighteenth century. It is based on the analysis of sources from the Archivio di Stato di Venezia (archival series of the Inquisitori sopra l’amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli). On the basis of studied documents, the way how soldiers from Bosnia are mentioned in the sources, the intensity of their mentioning in the sources, proportion of those belonging to the infantry and those belonging to cavalry, and their personal characteristics are discussed, and their military commanders and places where the units in which they served were stationed are listed. At the end of the article, the full list of hitherto found and studied soldiers from Bosnia in the aforementioned Venetian professional military units is given.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 35-55
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Croatian