Hrvatsko-slavonska vojna krajina u novijoj historiografiji: dva desetljeća istraživanja i otvorenih pitanja
Croatian-Slavonian military border in recent historiography: two decades of research and open questions

Author(s): Zlatko Kudelić
Subject(s): Military history, Government/Political systems, Military policy, Politics and religion, Methodology and research technology, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Military border; historiography; research; methodology;
Summary/Abstract: Recent historiography about the Military border – i.e. research that was conducted from the beginning of 1990s’– embraced various topics within domestic and international projects. Scholars investigated topics such as military communities, ecclesiastical union, environmental history of multi-border territories, questions regarding identity of borderline communities, influence of enlightenment processes to the education of military officers in the Monarchy, as well as tolerance and intolerance in the broader South Eastern European region. Although these topics and questions were analyzed from various perspectives, recent syntheses of Croatian history and few scientific articles on history of Military border still incude some unreliable stereotypes of nineteenth century historiography. Among these stereotypes one can emphasize interpretations of immigration and ethnical background of the Orthodox borderers, questions regarding historical background and affiliation of the borderline territories, and religious policy of Vienna court regarding the Military border. Moreover, the author concludes that the recent historiography lacks an interest regarding the investigation of military aspects of Military border history.

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