Bizantski car Heraklije I. u hrvatskoj historiografiji
Byzantine Emperor Heraclius I in Croatian historiography

Summary/Abstract: Croatian historiography has assigned the Byzantine emperor Heraclius I a prominent place in the reconstruction of the earliest Croatian history. The metanarrative of the Croatian arrival to and settlement in Dalmatia under the rule of Heraclius has become a recognized fact, rarely relativized or disputed. Our intention is not to scrutinize relevant arguments, or to examine (scarce) sources that have been used to understand the circumstances, determine trends and establish the chronological sequence of the arrival of new ethno-political entities to the East Adriatic and its immediate hinterland following the breakdown of the Roman rule. Rather, we focus our attention on the ways in which Croatian historians treated Heraclius’ alleged role in these events, and historiographical trends that may be detected. We investigate the attention that Heraclius and his rule attracted in Croatian historiography; the assessments of his personality and his activities; and the correspondence of those with the international work on Heraclius. We have taken into account select essays, mostly monographs but also those of analytical character, produced in Croatian historiography in more than a century. It must be kept in mind that the scholarship was produced in different times and at different levels of the development of historiography.

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