BIOGRAD NEL PERIODO DELLE GUERRE TURCO-VENEZIANE E I MATKOVIĆ, FAMIGLIA LOCALE DI GOVERNATORI ('500-'700)
Biograd in the Period of Turkish-Venetian Wars and Matkovići, a Local Family of Governors (16th-18th Centuries)

Summary/Abstract: In the early modern period, the Turkish-Venetian wars (the Cypriot, the Kandian, and the Morean War) were one of the important elements in the history of northern Dalmatia. In this research, the central focus is on the developmental components (military, demographic, and social) of Biograd na Moru and its closer surroundings in the given period of wartime (especially during the Kandian War), when this area was exposed to continuous destruction and underwent significant demographic changes. The paper follows the activities of Biograd’s family of Matković, which played a crucial role in the military achievements of the local forces and the Venetian army in defending the wider region of northern Dalmatia. The research is based on an analysis of the existing historiographical results, as well as on hitherto unpublished material from the State Archive in Zadar (records from the Zadar’s Notaries collection). The appendix brings a transcript of the last will Juraj Matković (written in 1603), one of the family’s most distinguished sons, which sheds additional light on the role of the Matković family in the military and social life of Biograd, Zadar, and northern Dalmatia during the 16th and 17th centuries.

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