Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/ccp.45.87.3
Possessions of the Benedictine Monastery of St Catharine in Zadar (16th Century)
Zdenko Dundović
orcid.org/0000-0003-1772-1675
; Department of Theology and Catechetics, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
The author analyzes unpublished inventory of the Benedictine monastery of St Catharine in Zadar that dates back to 1599. The inventory is kept in the Archives of the Benedictine monastery of St Mary in Zadar. Since this inventory precisely registers geographical location, size, incomes, and workers (serfs) on the possessions of the female Benedictine monastery of St Catharine in the sixteenth century, the author analyzes economic aspects of the monastery community that accepted only women Zadar bourgeoisie social stratum. Moreover, inventory data from the late sixteenth century is compared with the report of monastery’s procurators from the period between 1562 and 1564, which is presently kept in the State Archives in Venice.
Keywords
Monastery of St Catharine; Zadar; Benedictine sisters; possessions; 16th century.
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Publication date:
28.10.2021.
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