Venice and the Dalmatian Hinterland

Lena Sadovski, Ph.D. (2023), University of Vienna, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences working on the late medieval and early modern history of the Balkans, specifically Dalmatia and Bulgaria.

"Lena Sadovski’s book is an important contribution to the knowledge of Venetian administration and everyday life in the area of present-day central Dalmatia / southern Croatia. Its value lies not only in the use of previously unused archival sources and the reinterpretation of known sources, but also in its methodological innovation, which can serve as a guide for future research into medieval Dalmatia and Croatia." – Neven Budak, in: The Medieval Review (2025), p. 10.37

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviations1 Introduction1 Structure, Scope and Aims of the Book2 Venice and Dalmatia3 Sources2 The Hinterland of Spalato1 The “Republic” of Poglizza1.1 Poglizzan Mercenaries in Venetian Service2 Almissa3 Clissa4 Craina, Radobilja and Rogoznica3 The Counts of Poglizza1 The Spalatin Nobleman Doimus de Papalis, Count of Poglizza2 Other Counts of Poglizza3 A Venetian Patrician in Poglizza and a Controversial Mercenary: Alvise Capello and Count Vanissa Nenadovich4 Administrative Writing and Chancelleries between Town and Hinterland1 The Interplay of the Chancelleries of Poglizza and Spalato2 The Chancelleries of Almissa and Clissa5 The Economic Relations between Spalato and the Surrounding Territories1 Mills, Salterns and Salt Trade2 Land Ownership3 Trade4 Handicrafts and Services6 The Social Structures of Almissa7 Spalato and Poglizza after the Ottoman Takeover in 15148 ConclusionBibliographyIndex of SubjectsIndex of PlacesIndex of Names