History of Croatia: Primary Documents

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• Fragment of an altar fence that makes reference to Duke Trpimir

(9th century; image)

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• Letters of Pope John VIII to Croatia and Dalmatia

(874-882; translation in Croatian)

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• The Branimir Inscription

Fragment of a church beam with an inscription that makes reference to Duke Branimir.

Discovered in Šopot, Croatia.

(879; images, and facsimiles)

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• On the Governance of the Empire by Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos

A description of the Croatians and their country.

(948-952; transcription in Croatian and English)

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• Inscription on the sarcophagus of Croatian Queen Helen

(976; image)

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• Cika Breviary

The oldest known breviary in Europe, found in Zadar.

Click on the image to see a larger view.

(11th century; facsimile written in Latin script and commentary in English)

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• King Peter Krešimir IV's confirmation of a donation of land parcels to the diocese of Rab

(8 September 1071; image)

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• Oath of King Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia

(8 November 1076; transcription in Croatian)

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• Grant of the King Zvonimir to the Church of St. Benedict

(1076-1078; facsimile)

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• Baška tablet

Records the donation of a piece of land to a Benedictine abbey by King Zvonimir.

(1100; image, transcription in Croatian)

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• Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja

Record contains history of Serbian, Croatian, and Slovenian lands.

(end of the 12th century; transcription in the Serbian language, original in Latin script)

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• Golden Bull of King Bela IV

Bull given to city Zagreb to make it a royal free city (slobodni kraljevski grad).

(1242; image, facsimile)

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• The Law Codex of Vinodol

Oldest law written in Croatian.

(1288; facsimile in Croatian)

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• Map of Croatia after Zadar truce

(1358; image)

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• Documents of the time of King Matthias Corvinus

Letters, messages of witnesses, and reports.

(1458–1526; transcription in Croatian)

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• Map of Kingdom of Croatia

(1469; image)

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• Prince Lazar and Battle of Kosovo in the Antic Literature of Dubrovnik

(15th to 16th centuries; transcription in Serbian, original in Latin script)

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• Digitalizirana baština

Digital Heritage from the Croatian National Library in Zagreb.

(16th to 18th centuries; facsimiles of books, maps, drawings, music, manuscripts, and similar documents)

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• Battle of Mohács

Reports of the witnesses about the battle between Hungarian-Czech-Croatian and Turkish troops.

(29 August 1526; transcription in Croatian)

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• Croatian relations with Turkey and the Austrian Empire

Multiple documents having to do with Croatian foreign relations.

(1556–1596; transcription in Croatian)

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• Digital collection of documents from the State Archives in Sisak

Multiple documents about Croatia and the Austrian Empire.

(1565-1866; transcription in Croatian, German, and Latin)

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• Defence of Korcula from Turkish Attack in 1571

Written by Antun Rozanovic, leader of the defense forces.

Also available in Croatian.

(1571; English translation of original Latin)

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• Image of the Battle at Sisku

(1593; image)

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• Map of Kingdom of Croatia

(1606; image)

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• Statuta Valachorum

Number of laws enacted by the king of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Parliament of Croatia.

(1627–1630; transcription in Croatian)

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• Map of Kingdom of Croatia

(1811; image)

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• Proclamation by Ban Josip Jelaćić abolishing serfdom in the Kingdom of Croatia

(25 April 1848; facsimile in Croatian)

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• Metelwin Digital Library

Archive containing historical and current digitized newspapers.

(1848 to present; Croatian facsimiles)

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• Letters of the Russian diplomat about Southern Slavic counties in Balkan peninsula

(1862-1864; transcription in Russian)

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• The Hungaro-Croatian Compromise of 1868 (The Nagodba)

Reprinted from Seton-Watson, R.W. The Southern Slav Question and the Habsburg Monarchy.

London: Constable and Co., 1911. Translation by Seton-Watson.

(1868; English translation)

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• Croatian-Hungarian regulation

(1868; transcription in Croatian)

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• In the memory of the coronation of Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia

(1876; transcription in Croatian)

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• Overview of the situation on Balkans

(1872; transcription in Russian)

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• Travels in Southeastern Europe

Searchable book-length travel reports digitized at the University of Michigan.

(19th to 20th century; hundreds of facsimiles in many languages)

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• World War I Document Archive

(pre-1914 to post-1918; translations and transcriptions)

• World War I

A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.

(1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)

• Documents of World War I

Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.

(1914-1919; translations)

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• Corfu Decloration

Site contains agreement about creation of Yugoslavia.

(20 July 1917; facsimile, transcription in Serbian)

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• Corfu Decloration,Geneva Declaration

Site contains agreement about creation of Yugoslavia.

(20 July 1917, 9 November 1918; transcription in Croatian)

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• Map of Yugoslavia

Boundaries of Yugoslavia during World War I.

(1918; image, facsimile in Serbian)

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• Stjepan Radić

(1920's; facsimiles, photographs, and commentaries in Croatian)

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• Hungary-USSR Boundary Study

Including treaties affecting the Hungarian-Yugoslav/Croatian border from the Treaty of Trianon to the Moscow Agreement.

Published by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State.

(1920-1945; facsimiles)

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• Photographs of Croatian city

Site contains photographs of people and cities on Croatia.

(1920's to 1930's; images)

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• Statute of Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia

(June 28, 1921; text facsimile, signed page facsimile in Serbian)

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• Autobiography of Stiepan Radić

(1929; transcription in Croatian)

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• Map of Administrative division of Yugoslavia

(1929; image, facsimile in Serbian, in Latin script)

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• Statute of Kingdom Yugoslavia

(1931; facsimile, transcription in Serbian language)

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• The crime of Serbians against Croatians

(1937; video in Croatian)

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• Protocol about joining Yugoslavia to the Tripartite Pact

(25 March 1941; transcription in Croatian)

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• Holocaust Era in Croatia: Jasenovac 1941-1945

Chronicle of crimes committed during the Holocaust in Croatia.

Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

(1941-1945; images, videos, transcriptions, and commentaries)

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• Crime of Tito against Croatians after World War II

(1945; video in Croatian)

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• Resolution about creation of the Union of Federal Republics of Yugoslavia

(1946; facsimiles in Serbian)

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• Statute of Federative People’s Republic Yugoslavia

(31 January 1946; transcription in Serbian)

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• The Failure of the Soviet-Yugoslav Rapprochement

Declassified CIA documents from Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis.

(3 November 1958; PDF facsimiles)

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• The last year of Josip Tito

(1979; video in Croatian)

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• Reports of the Constitutional court of Republic Croatia

(1990-1995; transcription in Croatian)

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• Declaration about condemnation of Serbia about intervention in the proceedings of Republic of Croatia

(17 April 1991; transcription in Croatian)

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• Referendum about exit of Croatia from Yugoslavia

(25 April 1991; transcription in Croatian)

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• Serbian war crimes in Croation region

Document reflects ideas about reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(1991-1995; transcription in Croatian)

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• A brief outline of the process of gaining independence and occupation and the liberation of the Croatia

Document contains citations and the words of the participants.

(1992-1995; transcription in Croatian)

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• Law about awarding and decorating in Republic of Croatia

(15 March 1995; transcription in Croatian)

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• Attack on Dubrovnik

(film in Croatian)

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• Political prpoganda Serbia for Serbians

(2003; transcription in Croatian)

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• The Criminal Code of Croatia

(2006; transcription in Croatian)

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• International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Former Yugoslavia

(30 November 2006; transcription in English)

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• Guide to Law Online: Croatia

Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal, and government documents.

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• Historical Text Archive: Balkans

Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.

(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)

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• International Civic Coats of Arms: Croatia

Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.

(Facsimiles)

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• Mediterranean Memory: HRT

List of videos on the contemporary history of Croatia.

(1965-2011; videos)

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EuroDocs > History of Croatia: Primary Documents

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