The Croats Under the Rulers of the Croatian National Dynasty
THE CROATS Fourteen Centuries of Perseverance Publisher Croatian World Congress (CWC) Editor: Šimun Šito Ćorić Text and Selection of Illustrations Anđelko Mijatović Ivan Bekavac Cover Illustration The History of the Croats, sculpture by Ivan Meštrović Copyright Croatian World Congress (CWC), 2018 Print ITG d.o.o. Zagreb Zagreb, 2018 This book has been published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of culture Cataloguing-in-Publication data available in the Online Catalogue of the National and University Library in Zagreb under CIP record 001012762 ISBN 978-953-48326-2-2 (print) 1 The Croats under the Rulers of the Croatian National Dynasty The Croats are one of the oldest European peoples. They arrived in an organized manner to the eastern Adriatic coast and the re- gion bordered by the Drina, Drava and Danube rivers in the first half of the seventh century, during the time of major Avar-Byzan- tine Wars and general upheavals in Europe. In the territory where they settled, they organized During the reign of Prince themselves into three political entities, based on the previ Branimir, Pope John VIII, ous Roman administrative organizations: White (western) the universal authority at Croatia, commonly referred to as Dalmatian Croatia, and Red the time, granted (southern) Croatia, both of which were under Byzantine su Croatia international premacy, and Pannonian Croatia, which was under Avar su recognition. premacy. The Croats in Pannonian Croatia became Frankish vassals at the end of the eighth century, while those in Dalmatia came under Frankish rule at the beginning of the ninth century, and those in Red Croatia remained under Byzantine supremacy.
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