Review article
The Vindol Statute on Animals and Products of Animal Origin, dating from 1288
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 is known that the oldest inhabitants of Vinodol were Japods and Liburns, and from the 2nd century A.D. Romans began to arrive in this area. Bribir was the seat of the Vindol area. The Vindol Statute was drawn up by a commission comprised of representatives of nine municipalities (Grobnik, Trsat, Bakar, Hreljin, Drivenik, Grižane, Bribir, Novi and Ledenice). The Slavs came to this area at the end of the 6th century. The Vinodol Statute was adopted in the presence of Prince Leonard, from the powerful family of Krk Princes, who later came to be known as Frankopan and who still held the town of Novi in the 17th century. However most of the other towns were under the rule of the famous Zrinski family, right up to the tragic deaths of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krst Frankopan in 1671. The Statute has 75 Articles, of which 13 mention animals, or a shepherd, who may have been a witness. Most of those Articles have to do with giving animals away, whether as an obligation or as a punishment for a crime committed.
Keywords
Vinodol; legislation; animals; products of animal origin
Hrčak ID:
231368
URI
Publication date:
14.3.2016.
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