Morlachs

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Morlachs were a historically semi-nomadic, Romance-speaking pastoral people of the western Balkans, particularly noted in the medieval and early modern periods.

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Morlachs canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical ethnic group ⓘ
pastoral community ⓘ
activity pastoralism ⓘ
associatedRegion Adriatic hinterland ⓘ
Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Dalmatia ⓘ
Herzegovina ⓘ
associatedWith Uskoks ⓘ
Vlachs ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Vlachs
culturalInfluence inspired European Romantic literature ⓘ
culturalReputation bandits ⓘ
frontier warriors ⓘ
declinePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
demographicTrend gradual assimilation into South Slavic populations ⓘ
documentedBy Alberto Fortis ⓘ
economicBase cattle herding ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
transhumant pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicClassification Romance-speaking people ⓘ
ethnogenesisDebate subject of scholarly controversy ⓘ
featuredInWork Viaggio in Dalmazia ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
languageShift shift from Romance speech to Slavic languages ⓘ
lifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
mentionedIn Ottoman documents ⓘ
Venetian documents ⓘ
early modern travelogues ⓘ
medieval sources ⓘ
militaryRole guerilla fighters against Ottomans ⓘ
irregular troops ⓘ
modernStatus largely disappeared as distinct group ⓘ
notedFor distinctive dress ⓘ
epic oral poetry ⓘ
military service on frontiers ⓘ
region western Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Western Balkans
religion Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
tribal structure ⓘ
termUsage exonym used by neighboring populations ⓘ
underRuleOf Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ

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Balkan Vlachs → areRelatedTo → Morlachs ⓘ