Urbani razvoj Đakova u srednjem vijeku
Urban development of Đakovo in the Middle Ages

Summary/Abstract: The oldest medieval settlement in Đakovo developed on the later site of the parish church. We may thus conclude that the position of the parish church indicates the site of the settlement at the time of the formation of the parish in the early Middle Ages. Đakovo thus offers an opportunity to trace continuity from the eighth century onwards, yet for the area around the castrum and the town it may only be traced from the thirteenth century on. Later development of the town around the second centre was a consequence of the urban development in the feudal Middle Ages. The site of the parish church remained important into the twelfth or the thirteenth centuries, when, similarly to elsewhere in Croatia, a new public space (square) began to take shape outside the existing settlement, in the fi elds or in the proximity of an existing or newly erected feudal court. The parish church came to be the only trace of the old settlement, and the feudal court (burgh) the axis of a new administrative centre. In the late Middle Ages, these two separate entities functioned as one whole. The settlement around the parish church had not ceased to develop following the transfer of the administrative centre to a new location, and the burial intensity at the pertaining cemetery remained constant. This site, obviously, remained the main cemetery in Đakovo. Nonetheless, this area retained an agricultural appearance through the Middle Ages. The process that took place in Đakovo closely resembles urban developments in other old settlements of this type in Northern Croatia and Hungary.

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