Archival documents on Svetvinčenat in the State Archive in Pazin, in the parish archive in Svetvinčenat and in the Diocesan archive in Poreč

Abstract

The history of Svetvinčenat, a small but important castle in Istria, is interesting from many points of view. It is, however, still not very well known because there are still a lot of unknown archival documents. The A. explains the state of conservation of documents for this area, and he stresses that, although a great part of the material has been lost, there is still a lot of work to do on documents kept in Croatian and foreign, particularly Italian, archives. There are important collections for Svetvinčenat in the Venetian period in the State Archive in Venice (Archivio di Stato di Venezia), and in the State Archive in Trieste (Archivio di Stato di Trieste). As Svetvinčenat was a Grimani family feif, important data can be found in the family archive. Some documents are certainly to be fond in Slovenian and Austrian archives. But probably the most important collections are kept in the State Archive in Pazin (Državni arhiv u Pazinu), in the parish archive in Svetvinčenat and in the diocesan archive in Poreč. The A. reviews the documents in these three institutions, especially those concerning the Venetian rule, and partly the period of Italian rule. He explains the importance of this material for the study of the history of SvetvinSenat, and presents various examples from the mentioned material. At the end, in an appendix, he publishes the description of the solemn beginning of an episcopal visitation as an interesting source for the examination of the social life in this region.