hrvatski

Socijalna eko-historija krajeva uz rijeku Krku u suvremenim putopisima

The starting point of this investigation has been that natural and human environments constitute an inseparable unity, an “eco-system“, assuming that history is a process of human transformation of the environment. In this particular case-study, the triple-border area includes the Krka river (72-86 km long) and its environment. Even the Triplex Confinium itself (Medveđak, 740 m high) is close to its source. Characteristic features of the landscape along the Krka river are mountains, hills, karstic plains, fields, and river canyons. The Dinaric mountainous belt meets a landscape dominated by hills and plains and further down the river a maritime environment. As a result, continental, submediterranean and Mediterranean climates easily mix with each other in the Krka river area, facilitating the emergence of numerous settlements. Along and across the Krka river, roads were laid down since Antiquity, and caravan trade was known continuously since the Middle Ages, mostly in and from the continental interior. In fact, the Krka river area is from the geo-morphological point of view a prolongation of the Una river valley, making communications with Bihać possible. On the other side, the Krka river area is delineated by the urban triangle Knin-Zadar-Split, making it open to all other lines of communication in Dalmatia. On the third side, many settlements on the Krka river are linked with the Lika region, not only due to transhumance. An attempt here has been made to reconstruct the society of the Krka river area based on early modern travelogues, focusing upon the opposition between urban and rural environments and relations between upper and lower strata of the population. Just to refer to one 18th century source, the Dalmatian interior has “a lot of villages“ and “not a single city”. Skradin, Drniš, Knin and Sinj were obviously considered villages too. In terms of the perception of settlements among the native population of the time, the above mentioned settlements exercised some important urban functions, making the Krka river area as a whole recognisable in relation to coastal Dalmatia and its urban centres. Although the rural realities manifested themselves in all controversial changes, the lands along the Krka River constituted an open area experiencing numerous challenges from all directions.

Triplex Confinium; Dalmacija; Krka; putopisi

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engleski

A Social Eco-history of Localities Along the Krka River (c. 1500-1800) in Contemporary Travelogues

The starting point of this investigation has been that natural and human environments constitute an inseparable unity, an “eco-system“, assuming that history is a process of human transformation of the environment. In this particular case-study, the triple-border area includes the Krka river (72-86 km long) and its environment. Even the Triplex Confinium itself (Medveđak, 740 m high) is close to its source. Characteristic features of the landscape along the Krka river are mountains, hills, karstic plains, fields, and river canyons. The Dinaric mountainous belt meets a landscape dominated by hills and plains and further down the river a maritime environment. As a result, continental, submediterranean and Mediterranean climates easily mix with each other in the Krka river area, facilitating the emergence of numerous settlements. Along and across the Krka river, roads were laid down since Antiquity, and caravan trade was known continuously since the Middle Ages, mostly in and from the continental interior. In fact, the Krka river area is from the geo-morphological point of view a prolongation of the Una river valley, making communications with Bihać possible. On the other side, the Krka river area is delineated by the urban triangle Knin-Zadar-Split, making it open to all other lines of communication in Dalmatia. On the third side, many settlements on the Krka river are linked with the Lika region, not only due to transhumance. An attempt here has been made to reconstruct the society of the Krka river area based on early modern travelogues, focusing upon the opposition between urban and rural environments and relations between upper and lower strata of the population. Just to refer to one 18th century source, the Dalmatian interior has “a lot of villages“ and “not a single city”. Skradin, Drniš, Knin and Sinj were obviously considered villages too. In terms of the perception of settlements among the native population of the time, the above mentioned settlements exercised some important urban functions, making the Krka river area as a whole recognisable in relation to coastal Dalmatia and its urban centres. Although the rural realities manifested themselves in all controversial changes, the lands along the Krka River constituted an open area experiencing numerous challenges from all directions.

Triplex Confinium; Dalmacija; Krka; trip

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