A phenomenon has challenged Slovenian historiography, in which no systematic study has ever been carried out on why and when the inhabitants of White Carniola/Bela krajina and Kostel began to identify themselves in the early modern era as Croats and to call their language Croatian, as also already discussed in Janez Vajkard Valvasor’s The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (1689). What is more, in recent decades publications of various sources have provided confirmation of the presence of the name ‘Croatian’ in two other Slovenian border areas: as a linguonym and ethnonym in Prekmurje, and only as a linguonym in Prlekija. The reasons for the establishment of the term ‘Croatian’ in place of the original ‘Slovene’ were similar in all four border areas under discussion but also specific to each one. The areas differed with respect to the time frame in which the term ‘Croatian’ was documented and also with respect to its rootedness. Using comparative methods and drawing on the widest possible spectrum of sources, this discussion sheds light on the reasons for the appearance and disappearance of the term ‘Croatian’ in four Slovenian border areas. Its main conclusion is that the term ‘Croatian’ in the areas under discussion established itself as a transitional phenomenon substituting for the original term ‘Slovene’(noun) or ‘Slovenian’ (adjective), the area being at the time replete with “prenational” significance and embraced by a good part of modern Croats as their own.
COBISS.SI-ID: 262959360
In November 2011 dr. Miha Preinfalk organised a scientific conference »To Understand a Castle – the Role and Importance of Castles in Slovenian History«, on which besides him a number of other collaborators of the project participated (dr. Boris Golec, dr. Matjaž Bizjak, dr. Miha Kosi). The papers of symposium were prepared for print under the editorial guidance of dr. Preinfalk and were published under the title From the History of Slovenian Castles as a thematic volume of review Kronika, časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino, 60/3, 2012. The contributions of project collaborators covered also different aspects of toponymy in connection to the castles and their land estates (the names and locations of tens of castles and mansions; boundarys of land estates etc.)
COBISS.SI-ID: 263437312
The seigneury of Pliberk, that possessed its landed property in both sides of the present-day border between Slovenia and Austria, was one of the largest agrarian-economic units in medieval Carinthia. The survey presents in detail—on the basis of well preserved primary sources—its management and economics as well as its territorial development, i.e. identification of locations that belonged under the mentioned seigneury.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35371053