Later Medieval Europe Venice and the Dalmatian Hinterland

By studying the military, economic, and social dynamics of the Dalmatian hinterland and highlighting multilingual administrative exchanges across cultural and political borders, this book broadens our understanding of the Venetian maritime empire and of hinterlands in European history. This volume offers a source-based analysis of the complex interactions between the Venetian administration of the coastal town Spalato (Split) and its hinterland under Venetian, Hungarian, and Ottoman rule. Employing a microhistorical approach, Sadovski studies the military importance, economic dynamics, and social changes in the Dalmatian hinterland in the later medieval period. This book also explores multilingualism, highlighting how Slavic languages as well as local laws and customs were integrated into the Venetian administration. In doing so, it broadens our understanding of the Venetian maritime empire and proposes a new way of thinking about hinterlands – in cultural, social, linguistic, and legal terms alongside economic and political aspects.