54 KB3921 KB51 KB195320251989Darovec, Darkoštevilka:1/2letnik:37str. 27-37ISSN:0023-4923COBISSID:12384002URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-T2YR94IAslZveza zgodovinskih društev Slovenije, sekcija za krajevno zgodovinoKronika (Ljubljana)historyKoperMiddle Agesobrambasrednji vekzgodovinaObrambna organizacija komuna Koper pod Benečani|In the present article the author deals - in paralel with major political events - with the hinterland military defence organisation of the Koper commune during the supremancy of the Venetian Republic in Istria (13th - 18th centuries) and establishes that from the beginning of written sources on, the Slovenes appeared as carriers of country defence and presented on townboundaries firm ethnic groups with the so=called Captain of Slaves at the head. Village small forts (kaštel or gradec) presented local defence centres and shelter from hostile, particularly Turkish raids, and at the same time a fortified communal boundary zoneTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of Slovenia