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11%OFFCatherine Wendy Bracewell - The Uskoks of Senj: Piracy, Banditry, and Holy War in the Sixteenth-Century Adriatic - 9780801477096 - V9780801477096
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The Uskoks of Senj: Piracy, Banditry, and Holy War in the Sixteenth-Century Adriatic

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Description for The Uskoks of Senj: Piracy, Banditry, and Holy War in the Sixteenth-Century Adriatic Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYC; 3JB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.

In this highly original and influential book, Catherine Wendy Bracewell reconstructs and analyzes the tumultuous history of the uskoks of Senj, the martial bands nominally under the control of the Habsburg Military Frontier in Croatia, who between the 1530s and the 1620s developed a community based on raiding the Ottoman hinterland, Venetian possessions in Dalmatia, and shipping on the Adriatic.

Drawing on a broad range of sources, including the archives of the Dalmatian communes under Venetian rule and military frontier records, Bracewell provides the first comprehensive analysis of the uskoks as a social phenomenon, examining their origins, their military and ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801477096
SKU
V9780801477096
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About Catherine Wendy Bracewell
Catherine Wendy Bracewell is a Reader in Southeast European History at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. She is coeditor most recently of Balkan Departures: Travel Writing from Southeastern Europe (as Wendy Bracewell).

Reviews for The Uskoks of Senj: Piracy, Banditry, and Holy War in the Sixteenth-Century Adriatic
The Uskoks of Senj is a study of piracy, privateering, and banditry in an area stretching from the Adriatic Bay of Kotor to Istria, and along the military frontiers of three empires—Habsburg, Ottoman, and Venetian. Complemented by a splendid choice of published sources, the book is an exemplary contribution to the history of the sixteenth-century Adriatic and Balkans.
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