Mechanisms of Immovable Property Transfer in a Medieval Town: The Case of Zadar
Mechanisms of Immovable Property Transfer in a Medieval Town: The Case of Zadar

Author(s): Tomislav Popić
Subject(s): History of Law, Civil Law, Local History / Microhistory, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Immovable Property Transfer; Zadar; 14th century;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse several mechanisms that served as a basis of immovable property transfer between people of medieval Dalmatian towns. Medieval Zadar has been selected for the case study because the surviving records allow us not only to outline these mechanisms, but also to track the ways in which property transfer was carried out in everyday practice. The main source used is the archival fond of Zadar’s High Court for Civil Disputes, Curia maior civilium (hereafter: CMC), a collection of documents mostly dated to the second half of the 14th century. A careful study of these records offers an insight from a new angle into the everyday practice of immovable property transfer and allows for comparing it with the norms set down in the Statute of Zadar.

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