Table of Contents
Illustrations and Maps ix
Acknowledgments xi
Conventions and Abbreviations xiii
1 Introduction 1
The Uskoks of Senj between Three Empires 2
Approaches to the Uskoks 6
Sources 15
2 The Borders and Border Military Systems 19
The Impact of Ottoman Invasion 20
Conflict and Community on the Borders 25
Border Military Systems 36
Klis and Senj in the Military Frontier 45
3 Origins and Motives of the Uskoks 51
Origins and Numbers 51
Why Become an Uskok? 66
4 The Raiding Economy 89
Military Frontier Subsidies 89
The Economics of Raiding 98
Trade as a Function of Plunder 108
5 Military Authority and Raiding 118
Senj Citizens and Uskoks 119
Uskok Rank-and-File: Venturini and Stipendiati 125
Uskok Commanders 130
Captains of Senj 139
The Habsburgs and the Military Frontier Administration 150
6 Legitimating Raiding: The Uskok Code 155
The Uskok antemurale Chirstianitatis 155
Honor and Vengeance 162
Solidarity and Conflict 170
7 Allies and Victims 175
Relations with the Infidel 175
Uskoks and Ottoman Christians 187
Christian Neighbors: Venice and Dubrovnik 199
Merchants and Cities 209
The Rural Population of Dalmatia 218
8 The Final Decades 237
Deteriorating Relations with Venice 238
Rabatta's Commission in Senj 244
Dissent over the Limits of Raids 250
The Peace of Zsitvatorok and Conflict with the Hofkriegsrat 262
Popular Support for the Uskoks 273
Vlatkovic's Trial: The End of the Independent Vojvodas 277
Toward War with Venice 281
9 The Dispersal of the Uskoks 289
Appendix I Chronology 305
Appendix II Glossary 307
Bibliography 309
Index 323