Andrija Mladinić i Mihovil Anđelo Filiberi – časnici postrojbe Croati a Cavallo (iz društvene i vojne povijesti Dalmacije u XVIII. stoljeću)
Andrija Mladinić and Mihovil Anđelo Filiberi: officers of the unit Croati a Cavallo (from the social and military history of the eighteenth-century Da

Summary/Abstract: In the course of past centuries and especially the Turko-Venetian wars of the early modern era, military units composed of the local population and headed by local officers played an important role in the military and social history of Dalmatia. One of these units, which enjoyed the elite status within the Venetian army, was known under the name of Croati a cavallo (Cavaleria Croati). This article focuses on the biographies of two officers of the Croatian cavalry units, Lieutenant Andrija Mladinić and Captain Mihovil Anđelo Filiberi, who were active in the Venetian army in the second half of the eighteenth century. The essay is based on the archival sources kept in the State Archives in Zadar (archival funds: Notarilia Jadertina/ Spisi zadarskih bilježnika, Acts of Venetian Governors/Spisi generalnih providura), State Archives in Venice (Inquisitori sopra l’amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli: Cavalleria Croati) and the Croatian State Archives in Zagreb (Registers of deaths of the Parish of St. Anastasia in Zadar). Using these sources, we have constructed a general overview of the organization and activity of the Croatian cavalry in the Venetian military service, and present information concerning the military service as well as the public and private lives of the two officers, Mladinić and Filiberi. The appendix section contains transcripts of their testaments and inventories kept in the State Archives in Zadar.

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