Petar Mrkonjic
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Petar Mrkonjić was a Croatia
n hajduk
from Imotski
Krajina
.
Little is known about Mrkonjić, except that he was active during the Cretan War
(1645–1669) between the Venetian Republic and Ottoman Empire
, and has been documented as Petar Imoćanin (Petar, the man from Imotski). Today, he is the subject of numerous Croatian patriotic songs, many noted by the Croatian friar and poet Andrija Kačić Miošić
in the 18th century.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n hajduk
Hajduk
Hajduk is a term most commonly referring to outlaws, highwaymen or freedom fighters in the Balkans, Central- and Eastern Europe....
from Imotski
Imotski
Imotski , is a small town situated on the northern side of Biokovo massif, Dalmatian hinterland, Croatia. The town was first mentioned as Imotski for the first time in the 10th century and it was held by the Turks from the fall of Bosnia until 1717 when it was captured by the Venetians. The town...
Krajina
Krajina
-Etymology:In old-Croatian, this earliest geographical term appeared at least from 10th century within the Glagolitic inscriptions in Chakavian dialect, e.g. in Baška tablet about 1105, and also in some subsequent Glagolitic texts as krayna in the original medieval meaning of inlands or mainlands...
.
Little is known about Mrkonjić, except that he was active during the Cretan War
Cretan War
The Cretan War was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, several Cretan cities and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens and Knossos.The Macedonians had just concluded the First Macedonian War and Philip, seeing...
(1645–1669) between the Venetian Republic and Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, and has been documented as Petar Imoćanin (Petar, the man from Imotski). Today, he is the subject of numerous Croatian patriotic songs, many noted by the Croatian friar and poet Andrija Kačić Miošić
Andrija Kacic Miošic
Andrija Kačić Miošić was a Croatian poet and Franciscan monk.Born in Brist near Makarska, he became a Franciscan monk. He was educated in Zaostrog monastery and Buda...
in the 18th century.
External links
- Andrija Kačić Miošić, Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskoga, Vitezovi Imotske krajine