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Прилог о додељивању которског грађанства у срењем веку
A Paper on Granting the Kotor Citizenship

Author(s): Marica Malović-Đukić
Subject(s): Political history, Social history, Middle Ages
Published by: Istorijski institut, Beograd

Summary/Abstract: Based upon the meager material in the Historical Archives of Kotor and the decisions of the Kotor Statutes, the granting of the Kotor citizenship in the Middle Ages has been presented. Only one of the archive data has been preserved, providing evidence on the complete legal procedure for obtaining the Kotor citizenship in the first half of the 15th century, only two months after the recognition of the authority of Venice in Kotor. The Kotor Statutes stipulate only the procedure for the acceptance into the Kotor nobility and the election for the Great Council. This had been probably the consequence of insufficient development of the institutions, differing from the neighboring town of Dubrovnik, where existed the legal procedure for the acquisition of citizenship, which had been frequently granted. The paper emphasizes the features of the Kotor inhabitants in the Middle Ages, as well as the similarities and differences with the immediate neighbors – Dubrovnik and Budva, and the other towns in northern Dalmatia. The title of Sir has been explained too; it is of aristocratic origin, but had been awarded to some important citizens of Kotor, particularly those holding some significant post.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 53-66
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Serbian