Ann Arbor : University of Michgan Press, c2006.

xiv, 652 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-626) and index.

The setting, including the Slavic and Croat Migrations. Overview of the Medieval history of the Western Balkans ; The migrations ; Constantine Porphyrogenitus -- Croats and Slavs to 1102. Brief historical summary ; The sources of the Western Balkans prior to 1102 ; Issues of language ; Early accounts of the death of King Zvonimir ; A miscellany of (mostly) domestic sources ; Conclusions (up to 1102) -- Slavonia, Dalmatia, and "Velebitia" after 1102. The events of 1102 ; Slavonia, 1102-1400 ; Dalmatia and "Velebitia", 1102-ca. 1340 ; Dalmatia, Croatia, and Slavonia from the mid-fourteenth century, and the Venetian-Hungarian rivalry, up to the Ottoman conquest ; What language did people speak in Dalmatia and "Velebitia", 1102-1500? ; Conclusions (1102-1500) -- Perceptions of Slavs, Illyrians, and Croats, 1500 to 1600. Brief historical summary ; The "Croat" identity camp ; The "Slav," "Illyrian," or "Dalmatian" identity camp ; General thoughts on the sixteenth century -- Perceptions of Slavs, Illyrians, and Croats in Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, and Croats proper, 1600 to 1800. Introductory remarks ; The dominant "Slavic" and "Illyrian" camps ; Foreigners' use of terms about Dalmatia ; The terminology used by the church hierarchy and religious orders -- Slavonia, 1600 to 1800. Setting the scene in the seventeenth century ; Jesuits ; South Slavs at the University of Graz in the eighteenth century ; The Osijek School under state supervision ; The Croatian College in Vienna ; Terminology used by the church hierarchy and religious orders in Slavonia ; Juraj Rattkay ; Recovery of Turkish Slavonia ; Paul Ritter Vitezović ; Implications of terms ; Juraj Habdelić, Andrija Jambresĭć, and Ivan Belostenec ; Matija Petar Katan̆cić ; Antun Ivanosĭć ; Matija Antun Reljković ; Terminology used by the church hierarchy and religious orders in eighteenth century Slavonia ; Other more secularly minded Slavonians ; Petrovaradin ; Thoughts on language in Slavonia ; The debate on Joakim Stulli's dictionary ; Habsburg terminology ; Baltazar Adam Kr̆celić ; Tito Brezovăcki ; Ignjat Martinović ; Habsburg and Habsburg Catholic Church terminology in dealing with the Orthodox ; Djordje Branković ; The Serbian Church ; Foreigners visit Slavonia ; Labels in Latin-letter proto-Serbo-Croatian published books ; Epilogue -- Conclusions -- Monarchs of Croatia to 1800 / by Ian Mladjov -- Simplified genealogy of the Frankapans, Sŭbići, and Zrinski.

National characteristics, Croatian.

Ethnicity -- Croatia.

Croatia -- History -- To 1102.

Croatia -- History -- 1102-1527.

Croatia -- History -- 1527-1918.

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