Introduction: Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Authority and Property
Introduction: Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Authority and Property

Author(s): Irena Benyovsky Latin
Subject(s): History of Law, Economic history, Social history, Middle Ages, Government/Political systems
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Croatian Towns and cities; Middle Ages; authority; property;
Summary/Abstract: The question of land property has always been an intriguing one for the European historians, especially medievalists, as practices concerning property are complex. Medieval concepts such as (land) property, ownership, and lease do not correspond to our understanding or to the Roman period. In the changed social and economic circumstances of Late Antiquity, ownership gradually lost its absolute meaning. The notion of land possession also changed radically throughout the Middle Ages.

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