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Hills of Kalnik in Early Modern Age: Contributions to Environmental History
Hills of Kalnik in Early Modern Age: Contributions to Environmental History

Author(s): Hrvoje Petrić
Subject(s): History
Published by: Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju - Izdavačka kuća Meridijani
Keywords: Kalnička gora hills (Mt. Kalnik); Banovina/Banija; early Modern Age; environmental history; historical geography; social geography; cultural geography; mountains

Summary/Abstract: This paper brings an overview of Mt. Kalnik natural and geographical characteristics, with an attempt to reconstruct what it was like in the early Modern Age, with further anthropization processes of Kalnik. The paper tries to define models of enviromental history research in peri-Pannonian hills in the Early Modern Age, shown on a study case of Kalnik hills. This paper explores the hills of Kalnik, to the limited extent permitting (16th to 18th century documents) of the early Modern Age, focused on enviromental history approach.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 36-54
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English