Preliminary communication

Place names in the Statute of the Pula Commune

Violeta Moretti

Abstract

The topic of the article are toponyms attested in the Statute of the Pula Commune from the year 1500. The statutory text is written in Latin, so the toponyms it contains are Latinized. In this article they have been listed, analysed and, when possible, located. Their variants, as found in other sources, are also provided. Some alternative ways of defining space are also shown in accordance with the needs of lawmakers to forbid, limiting or place the carrying out of specific activities in a specific location.

Keywords

Middle Ages; statute; Latin language; Romance dialects; toponyms

Hrčak ID:

81922

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/81922

Publication date:

31.5.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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