Table of Contents
1. Introduction
The Uskoks of Senj between Three Empires
Approaches to the Uskoks
Sources
2. The Borders and Border Military Systems
The Impact of Ottoman Invasion
Conflict and Community on the Borders
Border Military Systems
Klis and Senj in the Military Frontier
3. Origins and Motives of the Uskoks
Origins and Numbers
Why Become an Uskok?
4. The Raiding Economy
Military Frontier Subsidies
The Economies of Raiding
Trade as a Function of Plunder
5. Military Authority and Raiding
Senj Citizens and Uskoks
Uskok Rank-and-File: Venturini and Stipendiati
Uskok Commanders
Captains of Senj
The Habsburgs and the Military Frontier Administration
6. Legitimating Raiding: The Uskok Code
The Uskok antemurale Christianitatis
Honor and Vengeance
Solidarity and Conflict
7. Allies and Victims
Relations with the Infidel
Uskoks and Ottoman Christians
Christian Neighbors: Venice and Dubrovnik
Merchants and Cities
The Rural Population of Dalmatia
8. The Final Decades
Deteriorating Relations with Venice
Rabatta's Commission in Senj
Dissent over the Limits of Raids
The Peace of Zsitvatorok and Conflict with the Hofkriegsrat
Popular Support for the Uskoks
Vlatkovic's Trial: The End of the Independent Vojvodas
Toward War with Venice
9. The Dispersal of the Uskoks
Appendix I: Chronology
Appendix II: Glossary
Bibliography
Index