Original scientific paper
Croatian noble kindred and customary law
Damir Karbić
Abstract
This paper deals with family structure of Croatian noble kindred and points on structural similarities and differences with its Hungarian equivalent. Analysis is based on customary law codes from Croatia (customary law codes of Poljica and Novigrad) and relevant charters for Croatian materiale, and comparison is based on results of late Hungarian historian Erik Fügedi.
In this paper following questions have been discussed: terminology used for denoting of kindred itself and its parts, common duties of kinsmen, position of father, mother, children and guardian, position of kindred in larger territorial units, and significance of ancestral estate for kindred's homogeneity.
On the basis of that research it seems that family structure of Croatian and Hungarian noble kindreds does not show significant differences. Bigger differences between this two systems may be found only in questions connected with dowry, since Croatian customary law was more influenced by Roman Law than Hungarian (via Dalmatian towns). In other respects both systems show great similarities.
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15913
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Publication date:
1.3.1999.
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