James, Where can I get a good detail map of the areas included in the Austrian "military border" Tony On Apr 1, 2007, at 2:07 PM, James Castellan wrote: > Re: Feudal system and land ownership in Croatia. > > The Austrian "military border" of Croatia established in 1522 (and > technically lasted until 1881) was a special exception in two ways: > 1) direct control from Viena > 2) the peasants had title to their land. > > Title to the land was the motivation that kept them anchored there on > land > that wasn't generally the best for farming with the obligation that > half the > males had to serve in the "border guard" that could be called out at > any > time to oppose the invading Turks. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >