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Students at Medieval Western Universities as Indicator of Population Mobility in Western Part of Medieval Slavonnia (Showcase Example of Koprivnica’s Podravina until the End of the 16th Century)

Hrvoje Petrić ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

The autor aims to contribute to better understanding of approximate ratio between the number of students at western unviersities, as one of population mobility indicators; or rather, mobility of population in western part of medieval Slavonnia. The author also links economic (and demographic) force of urban settlements with number of students, based on showcase example of a group of urban settlements in Koprivnica’s Podravina (northern part of Križevci/Cris/Kőrös county) until the end of the 16th century. The paper shows the students’ careers (trying to reconstruct their paths in life, to the best of the author’s ability, since the data and sources are relatively scarce). This includes the students, originating from Koprivnica greater area, who actually finished their studies. The paper provides a reconstruction of 21 (18%) curriculums of 117 enrolled students. The author analysed their social backgrounds, their spatial disposition (settlements of origin for students of Koprivnica region) as well as an extensive catalog of students from 11 European universities (Vienna, Bologna, Rome, Padua, Siena, Ferrara, Graz, Krakow, Montpellier, Pecs and Prague). The students from urban settlements of Koprivnica’s Podravina actually made some 87% of the total number of students, while the remaining 13% were students, originating from rural settlements.

Keywords

town of Koprivnica; students; mobility; universities; marketplaces

Hrčak ID:

79084

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/79084

Publication date:

1.12.2003.

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