THE FALL OF POLJICA REPUBLIC

Ovaj rad pokriva temu kraja Poljičke knežije ili republike kako ju je nazvao putopisac Alberto Fortis. Kraj Poljičke Republike 1807. godine je obilježen gušenjem ustanka u Poljicima i ukidanjem starih prava i privilegija Poljičke knežije. Primarni fokus ovog rada su uzroci nasilnog kraja ove zajednice koji se ogledaju u njezinom specifičnom ustrojstvu i posljedice koje je oružana pobuna prouzročila. Najveći dio središnjeg dijela je posvećen opisu uzroka, posljedica i glavnih aktera pobune. Glavni izvori koji su korišteni u traženju podataka o povijesti Poljica i njenim glavnim predstavnicima u razdoblju ukidanja privilegija ove zajednice su knjige Poljička Knežija Tulija Erbera te Povijest Poljica Andrije Pivčevića. Ostali korišteni izvori uključuju različite znanstvene radove i zbornike koji obuhvaćaju neku od tema vezanih uz Poljica ili širu povijest Dalmacije i Europe. Usporedbom različitih podataka iz različitih radova stječe se uvid u neke zaključke koji lako promaknu čitateljima koji se fokusiraju izričito na jednog autora budući da se često susreće pristranost kod nekih od tih pisaca. Ovaj rad daje jedan uokviren uvid u povijesne događaje vezane za kraj Poljičke autonomije i omogućuje čitatelju lakšu orijentaciju u kronologiji događaja vezanih uz ovu povijesnu epizodu. Zaključna misao ovog rada odnosi se na neodrživost jedne arhaične tvorevine kao što je bila Poljička Republika u novonastalim okolnostima prouzročenima Francuskom revolucijom i Napoleonskim ratovima.This work is about the fall of the Principality of Poljica or the Republic of Poljica as it was named by a travel writer Alberto Fortis. The fall of the Republic of Poljica in 1807 was marked by a failure of the armed rebellion that took place in Poljica and abolition of ancient rights and privileges of the Principality of Poljica. This work is primarily focused on causes of the violent end of the self-government of this community, which are reflected in the specific structure of this society and consequences of the armed revolt that took place there. The main part of this work is concerned with the description of the causes, consequences and the main participants in the revolt. The main sources that were used in research of the data about history of Poljica and its main representatives in the period of the abolition of the privileges of this community are books Poljička Knežija by Tulio Erber and Povijest Poljica by Andrija Pivčević. Other sources that were used encompass a variety of scientific papers and collections which are concerned with some of the topics related to the history of Poljica or wider history of Dalmatia and Europe. By comparing different data from different scientific papers we can get new conclusions which cannot be made by those readers who focus themselves explicitly on a single author whose works can offer one-sided view of the event. This work offers one view of the events that are related to the end of the autonomy of the Poljica community and allows readers to follow the chronology of these events. The conclusion refers to the fact that the Republic of Poljica was a state that was unable to survive in the new political situation that was formed in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars