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Trgovina robljen na istočnom Jadranu u 17. stoljeću

The slave trade had been a very well developed activity on the Eastern Adriatic since ancient times. It continued during the Middle Ages when it followed the trading routes from Bosnia to the Dalmatian coastal towns. The situation changed with the arrival of the Ottomans whose intrusions into Bosnian territory were intensified in the 15th century. Using raiding, plundering and taking slaves as their main method of conquering the enemies, the Ottomans turned the slave trade towards the east. Venetian subjects were also involved in this specific trade but their involvement was related to the war and peace in Dalmatia between the Venetian Republic and Ottoman Empire. During the war taking captives and selling them as slaves was a part of war tactics as well as war economy when other economic activities were not possible such as agriculture and farming. The Muslim slave trade with captured Christians was quite extensively studied. On the other side the archives in Dalmatia, as well as in Italy, seem to provide abundant sources about Muslim slaves captured and sold by Christians.

trgovina robljem; Dalmacija; ratovi; Mletačka Republika

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