Original scientific paper
Measurements for length and surface in Hvar during the centuries
Marija Zaninović-Rumora
; Institute for Historical Scineces in Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
In the article the author follows the development of the system of measurements in the Hvar municipality from the 14th to the 19th century. On the basis of findings which have been reached by Croatian metrology, the research which the author has conducted up to now, and on the basis of written sources and trade manuals, an analysis is given of the fundamental measurements for length and for the surface during the said period. It encompasses the oldest Hvar municipal measurements, the measurements of the Venetian system, Austrian measurements and the modern metric system. From 1420, the Hvar municipality, the islands of Hvar and Vis, shared the common political fate of Dalmatia and became a part of the Venetian Stato da Mar. After the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797 and the short-lived French authority between 1805-1813, the municipality became a part of the Habsburg Monarchy. Metrologic systems, basically economic in nature, are as a rule dependent and connected with political authority so that up to the introduction of Austrian measurements in 1856, the Venetian system and even earlier municipal measures were in use.
Keywords
Hvar; system of measurements; measurements
Hrčak ID:
31835
URI
Publication date:
22.10.2008.
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