Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/ygjwrcd43y
Zadar register of deaths 1597-1617
Grozdana Franov-Živković
orcid.org/0000-0003-1787-0849
; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Institute for Historical Sciences in Zadar Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
Based on the data recorded in the register of deaths from 1597 to 1617, a study of the structure of Zadar society was carried out through the analysis of individual social class groups (patricians, clergy, members of the Venetian military and civil administration, citizens, commoners) and the analysis of professional groups, soldiers, fishermen, sailors, farmers and others). Rare causes of death were listed, which were recorded only for violent deaths. Burials took place in most of Zadar's churches (24), with military personnel primarily buried in the church of St. Frane. In contrast, the nobility was buried chiefly in the churches of St. Frane, St. Marija, St. Dominic. Commoners and clergy were buried in all the churches evenly, commoners depending on the part of town where they lived, while the clergy were buried in the churches they served. A brief overview is given of the historical circumstances and the manner of keeping the registers after the Council of Trent. We concluded that the most significant number of inhabitants of Zadar at the time of keeping this register from 1597 to 1617 were from Zadar (although in this category, there are some people whose origin was not registered). The fewest people came from the area of Lika and Banovina. At the same time, the rest of the population were people from other Venetian regions and the people from the Zadar hinterland and islands. From these other Venetian areas, primarily members of military personnel came. In contrast, the population from the Zadar area came to live and work in Zadar, most of them permanently settling there.
Keywords
Register of deaths; Zadar; population structure; burial places; late 16th and early 17th century
Hrčak ID:
268196
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Publication date:
23.12.2021.
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