Review article
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.51.2.9
Croatian Mediterranean Village through Centuries
Josip Defilippis
Abstract
The first part of the paper is about old sources which describe rural life and use
of rural space in the past. The statutes of coastal communities from 13th and 14th
century talk about basic social relations in rural space. The colonat, a specific system
of social and production relations was established and developed. Much later,
various travel writers tell us about life, customs and relations in the village. One
should single out Albert Fortis and, closer to our time, Rudolf Bičanić.
In the second part of the paper, we look at modern times research. In the 1960s, on
the initiative of the FAO of the United Nations and based on a research project in the
Alps, extensive research of the Mediterranean village started in our country. Here
we mention only a few facts about the social relations and development processes
in the Mediterranean village of Croatia after World War II.
In the end, we look at some basic features of the Mediterranean village as a
settlement, its position in space and its development.
Keywords
Croatian Mediterranean village; historical overview; modern times; location in space; development
Hrčak ID:
109625
URI
Publication date:
14.10.2013.
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