Religius Situation at Catholichs in Herzegovina since the Ottoman Empire Conquest by the end of 17th Century

U radu su prikazane vjerske prilike katolika u prva dva stoljeća nakon turskoga osvajanja. Da bi se dobila potpunija slika, u prvom je poglavlju dan prikaz srednjovjekovnih zbivanja, kada i započinju procesi iz kojih će nastati zamršena slika ne samo vjerskih nego i političkih prilika. Osvajanje je donijelo pustoš, razaranje i promjene u svim vidovima političkoga, društvenoga, kulturnoga i vjerskoga života. Nakon početnoga oporavka i smirivanja prilika, već u prvoj polovica 16. st. došlo je do prvih većih stradanja, kada su posebno na udaru bili svećenici. Pokušaji očuvanja vjerske slobode i prava katolički narod i njegove svećenike skupo je stajao, jer je za svaku potvrdu, svaku parnicu ili spor trebalo izdvojiti visoke novčane iznose. Položaj su dodatno otežavali i brojni nameti koje su, osim Porte, nametali i predstavnici lokalne vlasti kako bi se materijalno okoristili. U takvim prilikama narod je tražio izlaz bilo u odmetanju i pružanju otpora prema vlastima, ili u promjeni vjerozakona.Doctoral thesis describes the religious occasions of Catholics in the first two centuries after the Turkish conquest. In order to obtain a more complete picture, the first chapter gives an overview of medieval events, with which processes begin that will incur an intricate picture of not only religious occasions but political situation as well.Conquest had brought havoc, destruction and changes in all aspects of political, social, cultural and religious life. After initial recovery, and more settled situation there were the first major casualties already in the first half of the 16th century,when priests, especially, were under attack.Attempts to preserve religious freedom and the rights cost Catholic people and its priests too much, because each certificate, any litigation or dispute require allocation high sums of money. Positions were further exacerbated by numerous levies which, apart from the Ottoman Porte, had been also imposed by representatives of local authorities, in order to get material benefits. In such circumstances, people were looking for any way out either through rebellion and resisting to the authorities, or in changing the religion