“Our daily crime” seen through the letters and notes of Venetian government representatives in the communes of Brač and Omiš (16th – 18th c.)
“Our daily crime” seen through the letters and notes of Venetian government representatives in the communes of Brač and Omiš (16th – 18th c.)

Author(s): Lovorka Čoralić
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Modern Age, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Penal Policy, Source Material
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Republic of Venice; Dalmatia; Omiš; Brač; Council of Ten; archival material; crime; exiles; violence; early modern period;
Summary/Abstract: The central topic of the paper is focused on research of material from the archival series Capi del Consiglio de’ Dieci: Lettere di Rettori e di altre cariche (Archivio di Stato di Venezia) which contains letters, notes, and reports written by Venetian government representatives in the communes of Brač and Omiš for the Venetian Council of Ten from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. The research is focused on the prevalence of offenses, incidents, and crimes in the stated material and, considering the historical circumstances and difference in development of those two communes, a comparative analysis of examples by their categories (minor offenses, exiles, verbal incidents, physical violence, murders, etc.) has been made.

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