The critical publication of an important manuscript kept by the Styrian Provincial Archives in Graz was an important segment of the research project, which was promoted by one of the co-financers. It is an significant contribution to the historiography of cities in the Slovenian territory, especially the city of Celje. The monograph will enable in-depth research on Slovenian urban history and comparable research with the urban history of Central Europe.
COBISS.SI-ID: 254123264
City codices – statutes provide the greatest wealth of data about medieval towns. They reveal the structure of town administration, public order, family life, town’s economy, etc. Medieval statutes are typical above all of Mediterranean towns. Such codices were used by Slovenian coastal towns of Koper, Izola and Piran, as well as the continental town of Ptuj. The statute of Izola appeared in 2006 in its original language – Latin, and is now being issued in Slovene as well with an accompanying extensive study, which will surely bring it closer to researchers.
COBISS.SI-ID: 252644352
The Piran Branch Office of the Regional Archives of Koper keeps 17 notary fascicles and fragments thereof in its medieval holdings. The fragments of 5 notary fascicles, which are the subject of the critical publication, contain concise records of business agreements between the inhabitants of Piran during a fifteen-year period seven centuries ago. The records are objective and reliable, shedding light on the business practice of the time, followed by trading companies through hire purchase, money loans, hiring oneself out, real estate sales or lease, etc.
COBISS.SI-ID: 245652736
The edition of 36 oath texts from up to the 19th century offers a complete selection of Slovene oaths of city authorities. They are mostly oaths of office, with less than one fifth legal oaths; the greater part originates from Carniola, mostly Ljubljana. Oaths are presented in facsimile of original documents, with diplomatic transcriptions and critical transcriptions for contemporary readers. The first integral presentation of one kind of preserved official Slovenica describes the position of Slovene in administrative procedures from the end of the Middle Ages onwards.
COBISS.SI-ID: 30090541
Contrary to popular belief, most medieval towns did not emerge with the establishment and a town charter. Nor did their history begin in the 12th–13th century with the award of a legal status. Non-agrarian settlement centres as early development stages in the history of towns are traced back to earlier date, although we are often inclined to merely consider them as their “pre-history”. Using a comparative approach, the study investigates the early forms of medieval non-agrarian settlements in the Slovenian territory on the cases of Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec, Kranj, Škofja Loka and Gorica.
COBISS.SI-ID: 244148736