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| ==If we put aside political correctness, concernig Korcula's history== | | ==If we put aside political correctness, concernig Korcula's history== |
− | If we put aside political correctness, one could ask the question what happened to the '''Latin families''' <ref>'''Korcula''' the island became part of the Roman province of Dalmatia</ref> on the island of Korcula (Corcyra Nigra) in the 8th century when the Croatians (Slavs) invaded. The Croatians invaded the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) province of [[Directory:Fausto Veranzio#Dalmatian|Dalmatia]]. | + | If we put aside political correctness, one could ask the question what happened to the '''Latin families''' <ref>'''Korcula''' the island became part of the Roman province of Dalmatia</ref> on the island of Korcula (Corcyra Nigra) in the 7th century when the Croatians (Slavs) invaded. The Croatians invaded the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) province of [[Directory:Fausto Veranzio#Dalmatian|Dalmatia]]. |
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| Events could have unfolded (& most probably did) which led to them being attacked and killed. The survivors could have fled from Korcula to Ragusa (Dubrovnik), then a place of refuge. Maybe some survived and remained on the island. | | Events could have unfolded (& most probably did) which led to them being attacked and killed. The survivors could have fled from Korcula to Ragusa (Dubrovnik), then a place of refuge. Maybe some survived and remained on the island. |
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| *Taken from the French by the English and guarded for themselves from 1813 to 1815 | | *Taken from the French by the English and guarded for themselves from 1813 to 1815 |
| *Occupied by Austria, first by obligation from 1797 to 1806, later by Vienna Treaty from 1815 to the present 1858 | | *Occupied by Austria, first by obligation from 1797 to 1806, later by Vienna Treaty from 1815 to the present 1858 |
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| + | * Indigenous population of Korcula were '''Illyrians'''.<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History Vol. 11 : The High Empire, AD 70-192 by Peter Rathbone</ref> It is believed that the Illyrians arrived in the Balkans approximately 1000 BC.<ref>The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes,ISBN 0631198075-1996</ref> |
| + | * Greek colony was founded on Korcula.<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,Index</ref> Greek colonists from Corcyra (Corfu) formed a small colony on the island in the 6th century B.C. The Greeks named it "Black Corfu" after their homeland and the dense pine-woods on the island. |
| + | * The island became part of the Roman province of '''Illyricum'''. <ref>'''Encyclopedia Britannica'''. |
| + | * The Roman province of Illyricum stretched from the Drilon River (the Drin, in modern Albania) in the south to Istria (modem [[Slovenia]] and Croatia)</ref> After the Illyrian Wars. Roman migration followed and Roman citizens arrived on the island. <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=QtppAAAAMAAJ&q=Roman+Junianum+korcula&dq=Roman+Junianum+korcula&lr= Croatian Adriatic:] History, Culture, Art & Natural beauties</ref> In 10 AD Illyricum was split into two provinces, Pannonia and '''Dalmatia'''.<ref>John Everett-Healu. "Dalmatia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Encyclopedia.com</ref> Korcula became part of the ancient Roman province of Dalmatia. |
| + | * In the 6th century it came under Byzantine Empire rule. |
| + | *The Great Migrations of the 6th and 7th centuries, brought the Slavic peoples<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=l6JnAAAAMAAJ&dq=croatian+history&q=slavs#search_anchor A History of the Croatian] by Francis Ralph Preveden (1955)</ref> into the Dalmatia region. Croatians (Slavs) arrived on the island in the 8th century. |
| + | * Second Slavic Migration in 17th & 18th century. |
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| + | *Venetian & Ragusan families (Jewish families from Spain). |
| + | *Korcula originally a Latin town. Latter became Latin/Venetian/Slavic (Croatian). |
| + | *Cara (or Čara) originally Slavic (Croatian) village. |
| + | ''Interesting'': Cara used to be called Hara. The [[Austria|Austria-Hungary]] census registered Cara's name as Kcara. |
| + | The Statute of Korcula was first drafted in 1214. It was probably written by Latin & Slavic (Croatian) Nobility. |
| + | {{Cquote|'''Historic quote''': ''"In 1262 the Venetians praised the Slavs and Latins on the island of Korcula for submitting to the prince Venice"'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p3oGybOY1w4C&pg=PA103&dq=korcula+Venice++Slavs&hl=en&ei=oMBjTJPQBoicvgPkpPCeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=korcula%20Venice%20%20Slavs&f=false When Ethnicity Did not Matter in the Balkans:] by John Van Antwerp Fine. p103</ref>}} |
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| + | In 16 century Stone writings in Zavalatica are dedicated to events from 889 AD. It describes a clash between the Croatians and the Venetian army. Marinko Gjivoje wrote about the find in 1972. The stone writings states: ''Hrvat Dalmatinac'' in its writings.''Hrvat'' means Croatian in Slavic.<ref>[http://www.korcula.net/history/mmarelic/script.htm History-Korcula.net] Marko Marelic-S. Francisco-USA</ref> |
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| + | '''Note''': Croatian (Slavs)<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eaq90_BOvqIC&pg=PA119&dq=Andrea+Dandolo+Venetian+author+Chronicle+of+Dalmatia+Red+Croatia&client=safari&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Andrea%20Dandolo%20Venetian%20author%20Chronicle%20of%20Dalmatia%20Red%20Croatia&f=false Byzantium's Balkan Frontier:] A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204 by Paul Stephenson </ref><ref>Presbyter Diocleas: De Regno Sclavorum; Ioannes Lucius: De Regno Dalmatie et Croatiae (Amsterdam 1666) 287-302; Schwandtner Scriptores Rerum Hungaricarum III (Vienna) 174; Sl. Mijušković: Letopis Popa Dukljanina-1967)</ref><ref>Flavius Blondus: Historiarum ab Inclinatione Romani Imperii, dec II, lib II (Venetiae 1483, f. 115 r; ed Basilea 1559) 177.</ref><ref>Andrea Dandolo (1300-1354), the Venetian author of Chronicle of Dalmatia, who writes of Croatian lands (Dalmatian Kingdom), reiterated the boundaries of Red Croatia</ref> started to be referred too (& referred themselves) mainly as Dalmatians Slavs or Dalmatians, sometime post 11th Century.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p3oGybOY1w4C&pg=PA162&dq=Dalmatian+Slavs+korcula&hl=en&ei=haNjTKueOYiyvgPNnZieCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Dalmatian%20Slavs%20korcula&f=false When Ethnicity Did not Matter in the Balkans:] by John Van Antwerp Fine. p162</ref> |
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| + | Korcula's old name was Curzola. The Old-Slavic term was Krkar. |
| + | (Korcula a historically a multicultural and ''multiethnic'' society) |
| == Korcula was part of Dalmatia == | | == Korcula was part of Dalmatia == |
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− | * Indigenous population of Korcula were '''Illyrians'''.<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History Vol. 11 : The High Empire, AD 70-192 by Peter Rathbone</ref> It is believed that the Illyrians arrived in the Balkans approximately 1000 BC.<ref>The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes,ISBN 0631198075-1996</ref>
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− | * Greek colony was founded on Korcula.<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,Index</ref> Greek colonists from Corcyra (Corfu) formed a small colony on the island in the 6th century B.C. The Greeks named it "Black Corfu" after their homeland and the dense pine-woods on the island.
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− | * The island became part of the Roman province of '''Illyricum'''. <ref>'''Encyclopedia Britannica'''.
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− | * The Roman province of Illyricum stretched from the Drilon River (the Drin, in modern Albania) in the south to Istria (modem [[Slovenia]] and Croatia)</ref> After the Illyrian Wars. Roman migration followed and Roman citizens arrived on the island. <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=QtppAAAAMAAJ&q=Roman+Junianum+korcula&dq=Roman+Junianum+korcula&lr= Croatian Adriatic:] History, Culture, Art & Natural beauties</ref> In 10 AD Illyricum was split into two provinces, Pannonia and '''Dalmatia'''.<ref>John Everett-Healu. "Dalmatia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Encyclopedia.com</ref> Korcula became part of the ancient Roman province of Dalmatia.
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− | * In the 6th century it came under Byzantine Empire rule.
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− | *The Great Migrations of the 6th and 7th centuries, brought the Slavic peoples<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=l6JnAAAAMAAJ&dq=croatian+history&q=slavs#search_anchor A History of the Croatian] by Francis Ralph Preveden (1955)</ref> into the Dalmatia region. Croatians (Slavs) arrived on the island in the 8th century.
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− | * Second Slavic Migration in 17th & 18th century.
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− | *Venetian & Ragusan families (Jewish families from Spain).
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− | *Korcula originally a Latin town. Latter became Latin/Venetian/Slavic (Croatian).
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− | *Cara (or Čara) originally Slavic (Croatian) village.
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− | ''Interesting'': Cara used to be called Hara. The [[Austria|Austria-Hungary]] census registered Cara's name as Kcara.
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− | The Statute of Korcula was first drafted in 1214. It was probably written by Latin & Slavic (Croatian) Nobility.
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− | {{Cquote|'''Historic quote''': ''"In 1262 the Venetians praised the Slavs and Latins on the island of Korcula for submitting to the prince Venice"'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p3oGybOY1w4C&pg=PA103&dq=korcula+Venice++Slavs&hl=en&ei=oMBjTJPQBoicvgPkpPCeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=korcula%20Venice%20%20Slavs&f=false When Ethnicity Did not Matter in the Balkans:] by John Van Antwerp Fine. p103</ref>}}
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− | In 16 century Stone writings in Zavalatica are dedicated to events from 889 AD. It describes a clash between the Croatians and the Venetian army. Marinko Gjivoje wrote about the find in 1972. The stone writings states: ''Hrvat Dalmatinac'' in its writings.''Hrvat'' means Croatian in Slavic.<ref>[http://www.korcula.net/history/mmarelic/script.htm History-Korcula.net] Marko Marelic-S. Francisco-USA</ref>
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− | '''Note''': Croatian (Slavs)<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eaq90_BOvqIC&pg=PA119&dq=Andrea+Dandolo+Venetian+author+Chronicle+of+Dalmatia+Red+Croatia&client=safari&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Andrea%20Dandolo%20Venetian%20author%20Chronicle%20of%20Dalmatia%20Red%20Croatia&f=false Byzantium's Balkan Frontier:] A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204 by Paul Stephenson </ref><ref>Presbyter Diocleas: De Regno Sclavorum; Ioannes Lucius: De Regno Dalmatie et Croatiae (Amsterdam 1666) 287-302; Schwandtner Scriptores Rerum Hungaricarum III (Vienna) 174; Sl. Mijušković: Letopis Popa Dukljanina-1967)</ref><ref>Flavius Blondus: Historiarum ab Inclinatione Romani Imperii, dec II, lib II (Venetiae 1483, f. 115 r; ed Basilea 1559) 177.</ref><ref>Andrea Dandolo (1300-1354), the Venetian author of Chronicle of Dalmatia, who writes of Croatian lands (Dalmatian Kingdom), reiterated the boundaries of Red Croatia</ref> started to be referred too (& referred themselves) mainly as Dalmatians Slavs or Dalmatians, sometime post 11th Century.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p3oGybOY1w4C&pg=PA162&dq=Dalmatian+Slavs+korcula&hl=en&ei=haNjTKueOYiyvgPNnZieCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Dalmatian%20Slavs%20korcula&f=false When Ethnicity Did not Matter in the Balkans:] by John Van Antwerp Fine. p162</ref>
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− | Korcula's old name was Curzola. The Old-Slavic term was Krkar.
| + | == Republic of Ragusa & Republic of Venice became a political football for the former Communist Yugoslavia == |
− | (Korcula a historically a multicultural and ''multiethnic'' society)
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| '''Latin'''/Illyrian/Slavic communities history of the historic ''Republic of Ragusa'' '''&''' ''Republic of Venice'' became a political football for the former Communist Yugoslavia. | | '''Latin'''/Illyrian/Slavic communities history of the historic ''Republic of Ragusa'' '''&''' ''Republic of Venice'' became a political football for the former Communist Yugoslavia. |
| * Republic of Ragusa was set up by Latin/Illyrian families. | | * Republic of Ragusa was set up by Latin/Illyrian families. |
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| Famous mixed marriages within these communities : | | Famous mixed marriages within these communities : |
| * Roger Joseph Boskovich (Republic of Ragusa) | | * Roger Joseph Boskovich (Republic of Ragusa) |
− | * Fausto Veranzio (Republic of Venice) | + | * [[Fausto Veranzio]] (Republic of Venice) |
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| Their family heritage were Croatian & [[Italy|Italian]]. | | Their family heritage were Croatian & [[Italy|Italian]]. |