Rhythm of crime in a medieval city – example of Dubrovnik
Rhythm of crime in a medieval city – example of Dubrovnik

Author(s): Gordan Ravančić
Subject(s): History of Law, Criminal Law, Local History / Microhistory, Criminology, 15th Century, Penal Policy
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: crime; Dubrovnik; medieval; everyday life;
Summary/Abstract: If we observe the crime as an integral part of the social reality, then we certainly have to bear in minds its changing phases and its general incorporation into a wider picture of social movements. Therefore, my intent is to demonstrate in which way crimes have (not) followed the rhythms of labor, leisure, and public celebrations of medieval Dubrovnik, especially regarding their typology and frequency. Thus, the analysis includes crime distribution in relation to the location where the wrongdoing has occurred, together with investigation of social provenance of perpetrators and victims within this cheerless statistic of everyday life. Given the fact that the total number of the extant criminal records of the medieval Dubrovnik would be too huge “bite” for a case study of this kind, author analyzes preserved judicial records from only one year (1415).

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