Topografija Vinodola i teorija centraliteta (Vinodol u djelu Mihe Barade)
The topography of Vinodol and the central place theory (Vinodol in the work of Miho Barada)

Summary/Abstract: The internal organization of medieval Vinodol urban settlements was determined by their historical function and spatial/topographic position on the late antique road leading from Trsat (antique Trsatica) to Senj (Antique Senia). Located at the borders of medieval Croatia, Vinodol retained its special status within the Kingdom until high Middle Ages, that is until its integration into the dukedom of Counts of Krk. Yet even then—as demonstrated by the Vinodol Codex—peculiarities of the internal organization of this microregion were hard to erase. It seems that it was precisely the interaction between the authority and the property that caused a rift between the new master and urban communities. The latter took great pains to preserve their idiosyncratic organization. Historians have debated the reasons for their uniqueness for many years. Some answers regarding the special features of Vinodol and its integration in Counts’ of Krk feudal dukedom may be offered by implementing Walter Christaller’s central place theory.

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