Journal Miscellanea Hadriatica et Mediterranea published by Department of History, University of Zadar, publishes papers in history and similar scholarly disciplines dealing with the Adriatic and Mediterranean topics (and of their respective hinterlands), as well as reviews of works dealing with these topics. All articles go through a quality control system (double-blind peer review) before publication. For submitting their papers, authors can use the online submission form (https://morepress.unizd.hr/journals/index.php/mhm/about/submissions) in addition to the classic way. All papers are published bilingually, in Croatian and in one foreign language (mostly in English). This journal does not charge APCs or submission charges. The journal is published once a year. Journal is categorised as a1 Croatian scholarly journal and is indexed by ERIH PLUS, DOAJ, CEEOL and HRČAK. It is registered among the scholarly journals by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes). ISSN: 1849-0670 e-ISSN: 2718-1170 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15291/misc Guidelines for authors: https://hrcak.srce.hr/upute/guide_authors_Miscellanea_Hadriatica_et_Mediterranea.pdf Guidelines for references: https://hrcak.srce.hr/upute/guide_references_Miscellanea_Hadriatica_et_Mediterranea.pdf Review process. The journal carries out a double-blind peer-review process. After receiving the papers, they first undergo an internal editorial review, after which they are either returned to the author or sent to two reviewers (or three, if needed), with all elements that could provide information about the author previously removed. The best experts in the topic of the work, preferably external, are chosen as reviewers. Reviewers must not have a conflict of interest; if they are employed in the same institution as the authors, then they must not be their collaborators or otherwise be involved in any of their activities. The reviews are mostly domestic. As a rule, reviews are conducted only for scientific papers. Guidelines for reviewers: https://hrcak.srce.hr/upute/guide_reviewers_Miscellanea_Hadriatica_et_Mediterranea.pdf First year of publication: 2013. Frequency (annually): 1 Scientific disciplines and subdisciplines: Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies, Archeology, History of Art, History, Philology, Art Sciences, Ethnology and Anthropology, Religious Studies (Interdisciplinary Area) In open access since the first volume (23 january 2014). Rights: Miscellanea Hadriatica et Mediterranea is an Open Access journal. All content is made freely available. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, redistribute, print, search and link to material, and alter, transform, or build upon the material, or use them for any other lawful purpose as long as they attribute the source in an appropriate manner according to the CC BY licence. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement: https://hrcak.srce.hr/upute/etika_en_Miscellanea_Hadriatica_et_Mediterranea.pdf Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Prof Anamarija Kurilić - Department of History, University of Zadar (Croatia) Assistant editor Zrinka Serventi, PhD - Department of History, University of Zadar (Croatia) Editorial Board Prof Luca Lo Basso - Laboratorio di Storia Marittima e Navale (NavLab), Università di Genova (Italia) Prof Wendy Bracewell (London) - School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, London (UK) Prof Ante Bralić - Department of History, University of Zadar (Croatia) Prof Lenka Blechová Čelebić - Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (Czech Republic) Prof Francesco Frasca (Roma) - Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma (Italia) Prof Nenad Moačanin (Zagreb) - Odsjek za povijest, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu; član suradnik Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb (Hrvatska) Prof Nikola Samardžić - Odelenje za istoriju, Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, Beograd (Serbia) Prof Marjeta Šašel-Kos - Inštitut za arheologijo, Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, Ljubljana (Slovenija) Prof Valentina Šoštarić - Department of History, University of Zadar (Croatia)
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Vladimir Filipović, Political History of the 20th Century: An Overview of Selected Political Processes (1914 – 1990)
The Handbook Political history of the 20th century was written as a review text for all interested students of political science and history, as well as for the general public, as a clear and concise introduction to the major political processes in the period of the “short” 20th century bounded by the beginning of the First World War and the collapse of the communist system in 1989/1990. In the preface, the author already clearly states that his text will not be burdened with numerous factographies or as he states: “This means that for this book, it is more important for the reader to understand why something happened (the review author’s bold) than how and when it happened. This, of course, doesn’t mean that it is irrelevant how and when something happened, but the priority is given to causes and consequences (the review author’s bold), i.e. the analysis” (p. 11). The author consistently adhered to this principle which enabled him to present the extremely complex and complicated events of the 20th century to the reader in a relatively fluid manner. This was the result of his decision to differentiate important from less important processes and to devote himself only to the former. It should be emphasized right away that the work, in accordance with the title, focuses on political history, so you will not find much about the economy, finances, the army or the demographics of individual countries here.
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Antun Baće, Architecture of Dubrovnik Between the Two World Wars
The book Arhitektura Dubrovnika između dva svjetska rata (Architecture of Dubrovnik Between the Two World Wars), by Antun Baće, is a valuable contribution to the research of the urban and architectural history of the city, as confirmed by the prestigious award by the Society of Art Historians in 2023. Namely, the book’s significance lies in directing the attention of the academic community, as well as the wider audience, to the largely neglected period in the architectural history of Dubrovnik. Understandably so, Dubrovnik is generally perceived through the prism of its medieval and modern heritage, whereas the architectural achievements from the 1920s and 1940s rarely occupy a place in the collective consciousness. Although that does not necessarily have to change, the author’s analysis and valorization of this architectural heritage deserve special recognition. His research adds to Dubrovnik another dimension of its rich history, rendering its architectural panorama more layered, diverse and complex.
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Unknown Analyses of Cold War by Ante Pavelić
The authors of this paper analyse the unexplored texts by Ante Pavelić, published under the pseudonym “Planina” (Eng. the Mountain) in the émigré journal Hrvatska, in the period from 1950 to 1957. The texts focus on international relations during the Cold War, and the position of the Croatian people in that context. Pavelić’s texts, motivated by his defeat and the collapse of the Independent State of Croatia, often address key political topics such as the relations between the USA, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, with a special emphasis on the necessity of opposing communism. Pavelić expresses critical attitudes towards certain political groups in Western countries, portraying them as responsible for the spread of Soviet influence. In his analyses, Pavelić primarily focuses on the policy of the United States of America, portraying them as the main actor in the fight against communism. On the other hand, Pavelić’s attitude towards the Soviet Union, and the communist bloc remains decidedly negative, characterized by fear of global communist expansion. He believes that communism cannot be trusted, and interprets any initiative for peace as an attempt at deception and manipulation. Pavelić views Yugoslavia through the prism of Tito as a Soviet agent, who, despite the apparent conflict with Moscow, remains loyal to the USSR.
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Anticommunist “Reactionaries” in Dubrovnik and the Activities of Frano Kolumbić
In the first post-war years, military and political forms of anti-communist resistance operated in most of the Croatian territory. Although the activities of guerrilla crusader groups would end in the early 1950s, illegal political organizations continued to operate even after this period. This paper dwells on one such group that operated in Dubrovnik in 1953 and 1954, and whose members were exposed in July 1954 and then sentenced to prison. Prominent Dubrovnik HSS member Frano Kolumbić, whose file is kept in the State Archives in Split, was convicted with this group. Based on the data analyzed, it can be concluded that Kolumbić’s case needs to be positioned in the broader context of Croatian political anticommunist resistance in the 1950s, especially from the perspective of “ideological building” of the post-war generation of university students in which a significant role could have been played by former HSS members.
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Map of the Venetian-Ottoman Border Demarcation in Part of Northern and Central Dalmatia, 1588/1589
Among historical sources which allow a proposed reconstruction of the Venetian-Ottoman border demarcation on the northeast coastal and hinterland area of the Adriatic in the early modern period, old maps are especially prominent. As graphic depictions of spatial relations, they are a first-class historical source of geographical data. Such is the manuscript map by an unknown author which depicts the Venetia-Ottoman border demarcation in part of northern and central Dalmatia after the War of Cyprus. The map is housed in the Miscellanea – Materie miste e notabili fund at the State Archives in Venice and has not yet been the subject of scientific and expert research. To a lesser extent, because of its natural-geographic contents, and to a greater extent because of its depiction of settlements, fortifications, roads and especially borders, it is an important testimony to knowledge at the time of the topography of the coastal and hinterland parts of the Šibenik, Trogir and Split communes, as strategic parts of the Venetian Stato da Mar threatened by Ottoman military and looting forays and territorial incursions.
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Some Remarks on the First Wife of Charles I of Hungary
For a long time, it was generally accepted by all historians that Charles I of Hungary had three wives: Mary of Bytom, Beatrice of Luxembourg, and Elizabeth of Poland, which was supported by the most important narrative source of his reign, the so-called Illuminated Chronicle. In 1988, however, the Hungarian medievalist, Gyula Kristó – based on new sources, the Descriptio Europae Orientalis, and a charter issued by the king himself – came up with a new theory which claimed that Charles I had four wives. According to him, the first wife was missing from the older research, and she should be identified as the daughter of Prince Leo II of Galicia (Halych). Although Kristó’s opinion was criticised mainly by Polish historians, it has been widely accepted among Hungarian medievalists. Despite the disputes and the ongoing researches on the reign of Charles, the exact date of the marriage, as well as the motive of the Hungarian–Galician alliance are still unclear. The paper firstly examines the sources mentioning the Galician wife, in search for evidence regarding its dating, then it presents Kristó’s opinion and his dispute with Stanisław Sroka in detail, as well as the contributions by other historians, who added new arguments and aspects to the topic of the first wife after the mentioned dispute, and finally, outlines some new aspects regarding the alliance, and the date of the marriage.
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Legionaries from the Rhine Provinces in Dalmatia
Few inscriptions of legionaries whose units were located in Upper and Lower Germania were found in Dalmatia. Several soldiers and veterans in the period between the middle of the 1st century and the end of the Principate served in Legio VIII Augusta, which was active in construction in the legionary camp of Burnum. From Legio XXII Primigenia and Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix one veteran was confirmed each, and from Legio I Minervia there was a centurion who served as praepositus of Cohors I Belgarum. This paper will try to shed light on the particulars of the presence of these soldiers and veterans in Dalmatia, that is, the way in which the province was associated with the legions in the Rhine provinces.
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Antonija Mlikota, Zadar – the reconstruction and construction after the Second World War destruction
This book, probably known to most of the readers of this review, is of great significance not only for the academic community, but also for everyone connected with Zadar or those interested in its history. Not every city has this honour – to be the subject of a very detailed and extensive research, which refers to the period between 1944 and 1967, by a very dedicated and respected scholar. The fact that the author, associate professor Antonija Mlikota, was awarded the annual prize of the Ministry of Science and Education for exceptional scientific contribution in 2022, further confirms the importance of her work.
Anticommunist resistance in Dubrovnik (1945)
Relying on the original documents from the Split State Archives, this paper offers a brief description of postwar Communist repression, anticommunist resistance and persecution of clergy in Dubrovnik area. Laying stress upon the case of Fr. Dominik Barač, a Dominican priest who was sentenced to be shot in 1945 and executed in Trogir on 17 November that year, the author focuses on the activities of the Konavle Crusaders led by the former HSS member Pero Bakić and their contacts with Barač that led to his formal sentence.
Transition of clergy from the Eastern Adriatic to Venice in the second half of the 18th century
Relying on the archive material from the Archivio storico del Patriarcato di Venezia in Italy, this paper examines the transition of clergy from the Eastern Adriatic to Venice in the second half of the 18th century, primarily the clergy from Dalmatian dioceses. The paper’s primary goal is to initiate a debate about what caused their relatively frequent departures to Venice in the 18th century, identify the Venetian districts where they took lodgings, and address their pastoral and educational activities in that city. At the end of the paper, a table with full names of the priests found in the researched documents and the places and dioceses/archdioceses of their origin can be found.
The astarea of Medieval Zadar compared to the ager of the Roman Iader
Undoubtedly, the credits for understanding the problem of the areas of the ager centuriatus of the Colony of Iader and the astarea of the medieval Zadar go to Mate Suić. This author dwells on Suić’s results and underlines the soundness of most of his conclusions. But he also quotes some medieval and Modern Age sources evidencing that the limes of the Iader Colony was at Miljašića jaruga (Miljašić Stream) and not at the Bokanjac – Crno – Babin dub line as claimed by Suić. While, based on this research, the ager centuriatus of Zadar has remained almost the same, the total area of the Zadar ager has increased twofold because the southern half of the total area of Bokanjačko blato (Bokanjac Lake) and the left bank of Miljašić Stream have been included in it.
Additional information on the population of Karin from Prehistory to the end of the Early Middle Ages
In the light of the results of recent systematic archaeological research at the Slana site in Gornji Karin, this paper examines the distribution of population on the territory of Roman-era Corinium from the earliest historical periods to the end of the Early Middle Ages. Data published in reports from archaeological investigations of the wider territory of the community from the middle of the 20th century to present day, supplemented with information from historical sources about political and military events in the wider area, were used in the reconstruction of the population. Although material remains regarding certain historical periods appear only sporadically, they clearly bear witness to the continuity of life, and the dense population distribution of the observed area from the earliest historical periods.
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Mattia Vitelli Casella, La Liburnia settentrionale nell’antichità: geografia, istituzione e società, Studi di Storia della Rivista Storica dell’Antichità 21
Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 2021, 456 pages, 10 figures. ISBN: 9788855535373
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Felicity Hill, Excommunication in Thirteenth–Century England: Communities, Politics, and Publicity
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, x + 344 pages, glossary, 2 appendixes, index. ISBN: 9780198840367
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Upon the author’s request we are publishing corrigendum of the paper Boris Havel, Jeruzalem u ranoislamskoj tradiciji / Jerusalem in Early Islamic Tradition, Miscellanea Hadriatica et Mediterranea, 5, 2018, 113-179. https://doi.org/10.15291/misc.2748.
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The communist repression in Split (1945 – 1948)
Based on the original archive documents from the State Archives in Split, this paper gives a brief account of post-war communist repression, prison camps and persecution of the clergy in Split and its wider area. Special emphasis is placed on the case of Friar Petar Turkalj, an abbot of the Monastery of St. Joseph, who in early 1946 was sentenced to 12 years of forced labour in prison. Turkalj died while serving his sentence in the Stara Gradiška Penitentiary Rehabilitation Centre, and his verdict was annulled in October 2022 by the County Court in Split.
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The crash of the B 24 Liberator aircraft near the village of Brnjica
This paper discusses the events of October 13, 1944, when an American bomber type B 24 H Liberator, serial number 41-28866, crashed not far from the village of Brnjica in the hinterland of Šibenik. The aircraft was damaged by the German anti-aircraft defence over the cities of Vienna and Graz. Since the aircraft could not follow the flying formation of the other planes from the group on the return flight, the pilot estimated that he would not be able to return to the home port, and decided to save the crew by parachuting, while the aircraft crashed shortly after. All 11 crew members survived the crash. Nine were soon captured by the Ustaše army and sent to Drniš, from where they were transferred to German camps for Allied prisoners. The remaining two crew members were taken over by the partisans, who bandaged their wounds, and after some time, escorted them to the island of Vis. These data were obtained from statements given by the witnesses to the event, a field trip to the crash site, and an analysis of the recovered aircraft parts. Along with several other written sources about that event, the biggest role in the identification of the aircraft and its crew was played by the declassified files of the United States Department of War, the Missing air crew report (MACR), and the Escape and Evasion report (E&ER).
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Migrations of the Morlachs / Vlachs on the Zadar border during the 15th and 16th centuries, with a special focus on the Vrana region and the appearance of the Istrian Morlachs / Vlachs of Istria
The demographic history of Dalmatia and its hinterland in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period is significantly marked by migrations and temporary or permanent migrations of larger groups of the Morlach (Vlach) population. In this respect, the Vrana area is poorly researched, and the same can be said for the entire Zadar region, especially when it comes to the 15th and 16th centuries. With this article, we will try to fill at least part of that historiographical gap, focusing on the period from the forties of the 15th century to the beginning of the Cyprus War in 1570. In the first part of the discussion, we will consider archival news about the seasonal migrations of Morlach clans, which often came from their habitats in the Croatian hinterland to the Venetian pastures near Vrana in the winter. Then we will focus on migration processes caused by the Ottoman conquests, where we will especially follow the traces of the Morlach population known as the Vlachs of Istria or the Istrian Morlachs, which from the 1520s gave a demographic imprint to the border area of the wider Zadar hinterland, burdened by Venetian-Ottoman friction and war conflicts.
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Spatial terminology from the Nin inscription (CIL 3, 14322)
This paper analyses and focuses primarily on the spatial terminology from the Nin inscription (CIL 3, 143224) and its meaning. Three spatial terms (taberna, pergula, maenianum) from the Nin inscription are compared with the spatial terminology from two Pompeii inscriptions (CIL 4, 138; CIL 4, 1136). The aim of the paper is to indicate that the use of these terms in ancient Aenona (present-day Nin) was a reflection of early and intensive romanisation in which the terms were used in public, and most likely in private construction. Such findings are extremely rare, which increases the significance of the Nin inscription, which therefore can be placed “side by side” with the aforementioned epigraphic heritage of Pompeii.
spatial terminology (taberna, pergola and maenianum)
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(Zenica, April 14, 1954 – Bihać, August 15, 2021)
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(Korčula, May 13, 1935 – Rijeka, December 13, 2020)
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Mateo Bratanić, Pomorstvo Dalmacije u 19. stoljeću: otok Hvar u tranziciji, Zadar – Stari Grad: Sveučilište u Zadru – Muzej Staroga Grada, 2020. / Milorad Pavić, Vještina plovidbe: navigacija svjetskim morima u doba velikih geografskih otkrića, Zadar: Sveučilište u Zadru, 2021.
Among the recent publications of the University of Zadar are two monographs on the scientific branch of maritime history written by the faculty of the Department of History. The book by the Associate Professor Mateo Bratanić Dalmatian Seafaring in the 19th century: The Island of Hvar in Transition (original title: Pomorstvo Dalmacije u 19. stoljeću: otok Hvar u tranziciji) and the book by Professor Milorad Pavić Art of navigation: navigating the world’s oceans during the Age of Discovery (original title: Vještina plovidbe: navigacija svjetskim morima u doba velikih geografskih otkrića) are another product of the long-term continuity of the scientific research of maritime history at the Department of History in Zadar.
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Ravenna. Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe. By Judith Herrin
Herrin has divided the book into nine major sections, each covering approximately half a century and ranging chronologically from early 5th to early 9th century. These sections are further divided into chapters (three to five in number) which deal with certain issues, monuments or persons.
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Several Kotor Documents from the Second Half of the 14th Century
The manuscript collection known as the “Collection of the Bisantis Family” kept in the Archives of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb contains partially damaged transcripts of several documents from the second half of the 14th century, originating from the Kotor office. The document from July 1356 refers to the division of money between the sons of Tryphon Bucchia and regulating his debts. Documents from April 14th and July 27th, 1359 speak of property disputes between Doma Berislavi and Drago Basilius, son of Mathaeus. The document of March 20th, 1362 deals with the issue of marriage and marital property. The document from January 6th, 1371, concerns the assignment of the right to the property that the Venetian Philippo Barelli acquired in Kotor.
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Romanian-Yugoslav Relations: From Confrontation to Cooperation (1948 – 1964)
This article examines the evolution of the Romanian-Yugoslav relations from 1948 to1964. The study explores two different periods in the relations of these two countries. The first period was from 1948 to 1953, when the Soviet-Yugoslav and Roman-Yugoslav conflicts occurred, practically constituting a precedent that would gradually ruin the unity of the socialist camp. The second period (1954 – 1964) corresponds with the beginning of the normalization, bringing Bucharest and Belgrade even closer and aiming to satisfy their national interests and counterbalance the policy of the superpowers. Ideological divergences and the need for socio-economic development were reflected in the character of the foreign policies of the two countries, which were under a strong influence of interventions from inside and outside the communist bloc.
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