Paštrovići u mletačkim prekojadranskim konjaničkim postrojbama (Croati a cavallo) 18. stoljeća s posebnim osvrtom na časnike iz obitelji Medin

Rad je usmjeren na istraživanje udjela Paštrovića u mletačkim prekojadranskim konjaničkim postrojbama (Cavalleria Croati, Croati a cavallo) tijekom 18. stoljeća. Istraživanje je zasnovano na gradivu iz venecijanskoga Archivio di Stato di Venezia (fond Inquisitori sopra l'amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli) i Državnoga arhiva u Zadru (fond Generalni providuri Dalmacije i Albanije). U prvom dijelu rada općenito se ukazuje na udio paštrovskih konjanika u toj elitnoj kopnenoj postrojbi te iznose podaci o vremenskom okviru spominjanja, utvrđuju njihovi činovi, navode vojni zapovjednici u čijim su satnijama djelovali te pobliže određuje mjesto njihova popisivanja. U drugom dijelu rada posebna se pozornost pridaje nekim odvjetcima obitelji Medin koja je – osim svog izvornoga paštrovskog podrijetla – bila izravno povezana i s Budvom, gdje su zahvaljujući važnoj ulozi u mletačkoj vojsci u ranom novom vijeku stekli naslov conti. U prilogu se donosi zbirni popis svih do sada istraženih paštrovskih konjanika u postrojbi Croati a cavallo, kao i sastav satnija pukovnije Antuna Medina kojima su zapovijedali njegov sin Toma i brat Marko.
The article is focused on the research of the participation of the Paštrovići in Venetian cavalry units (Cavalleria Croati, Croati a cavallo) during the eighteenth century and is part of the author’s overall research of the participation of officers and soldiers from the East Adriatic in Venetian army of the early modern period. The research is based on the source materials from the Archivio di Stato di Venezia (archival series Inquisitori sopra l'amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli) and the Državni arhiv u Zadru [the State Archive of Zadar] (archival series Generalni providuri Dalmacije i Albanije [General Provisors of Dalmatia and Albania]). After the introduction and some remarks on the overseas army units of the Republic of Venice and explaining the aim of the article and consulted sources, the first part of the study analyses proportion of the Paštrovići cavalrymen in this elite army unit. Based on the researched sources, the data on the temporal frame of mentioning of the soldiers from the Paštrovići region in Venetian overseas cavalry is presented, their military ranks established, military commanders in whose units they served are listed and places where they served (where their units were stationed and lists of personnel written down) more precisely defined (in the first place, they were stationed in Venetian acquisitions in Greece). In the second part of the study, particular attention is awarded to some scions of the Medin family, which was – besides the origin from the Paštrovići – directly connected also to Budva, where they, thanks to the important role their members plaid in the Venetian army during the early modern period, received also the title of the conti. These members were Anthony and his son Thomas Medin, as well as Anthony’s brother Mark, who all, while fighting under the standard of St Mark from the second half of the seventeenth century achieved high military ranks. As an appendix to the study, the list of all hitherto found cavalrymen belonging to the units of the Croati a cavallo from the Paštrovići region is given, as well as the military complement of the companies of the regiment of Anthony Medin commanded by his son Thomas and brother Mark.