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river Cetina before it enters the Adriatic at Almissa (Omisg). They also comprised the fastnesses of the Mossor range (4500 ft.) and the fertile See also:

STRIP

strip of See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast from Almissa to Stobrez, ro m. W.N.W. The inhabitants lived in scattered villages, each ruled by its See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count, and all together ruled by the supreme count. These See also:

OFFICERS

officers, with the three See also:

JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, were always of See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, though elected by the whole See also:

BODY

body of citizens. There were two orders of nobles; the higher, including about 20 families, claimed Hungarian descent; the See also:

LOWER

lower, claiming ;kinship with the Bosnian See also:

ARISTOCRACY (Gr. apuvror, best; «paria, government)

aristocracy. Below these ranked the commoners and the See also:

SERFS, SERROS

serfs. At a very See also:

early date the warlike highlanders of Poglizza became the See also:

friends and See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies of the Almissan corsairs, who were thus enabled to harass the seaborne See also:

trade of their neighbours without fear of a sudden attack by land. Almissa received a See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter from See also:

Andrew II. of See also:

Hungary in 1207, and remained under the nominal See also:

PROTECTION

protection of Hungary until 1444, when both Almissa and Poglizza accepted the See also:

SUZERAINTY

suzerainty of See also:

Venice, while retaining their See also:

INTERNAL

internal freedom. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Poglizza numbered 6566 in x8o6. In the following See also:

YEAR

year, however, the republic incurred the enmity of See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon by rendering aid to the Russians and Montenegrins in Dalmatia; and it was invaded by See also:

French troops, who plundered its villages, massacred its inhabitants, and finally deprived it of See also:

independence.

See the Annuario Dalmatico for 1885 (published at See also:

ZARA (Serbo-Croatian Zadar)

Zara) ; and A. Fortis, Travels into Dalmatia (See also:

LONDON

London, 1778).

End of Article: POGLIZZA (Serbo-Croatian, Poljica)

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