Review article
The Statute of Mljet of 1345 and the Council of Mljet and miscellaneous decisions by the Senate, commands of the gentlemen of the Minor Council, and the gentlemen health inspectors of 1774-1782
Petar Džaja
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Severin
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Grabarević
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Damir Agičić
; Veterinarski ured Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Marijan Benić
; SANATIO d.o.o.
Abstract
It seems that on the Island of Mljet there was a large number of species of domestic animals. Several provisions of the Statute prescribe how to raise livestock, and their relationship to arable fields and vineyards, how the animals could be used, weighing and selling meat and cheese, but also penalties for causing damage in fields and vineyards. In the Statute there are 22 articles devoted to animals, of which five are related to theft of animals, six to pasturing animals, three to damage caused by animals and compensation for it, and one article to giving animals. One article is about scales and weighing animal products, and six articles about selling meat and cheese. From 1774 to 1782 nine provisions were adopted relating to animals and products of animal origin. Of these, six articles relate to how to keep animals, that is taking animals to Vodice, and prohibition of keeping animals in vineyards, cultivated land and forests, with the prescribed form of compensation and payment of fines. This part also mentions that it is compulsory to have a fold and a shepherd, who cannot be younger than 14 years of age. It also prescribes ways of slaughtering animals, and the sale and prices of local and imported meat.
Keywords
Statute of Mljet; animals; animal products
Hrčak ID:
231411
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Publication date:
22.6.2015.
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