Most medieval towns did not emerge with a single foundation act and town charter. Nor did their history begin only in the 12th–13th century, when towns became also a legal category. Non-agrarian settlement centres representing early development stages in the history of towns can be traced back to earlier date, although we are often inclined to merely consider them as their “pre-history”. Employing a comparative approach, the study investigates these early forms of medieval non-agrarian settlements in the Slovenian territory on the cases of Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec, Kranj, Škofja Loka and Gorica.
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The Piran Branch Office of the Regional Archives of Koper keeps seventeen notary fascicles and fragments thereof in its medieval holdings. The fragments of five notary fascicles, which are the subject of the scientific-critical edition, contain concise records of business agreements between the inhabitants of Piran during a fifteen-year period seven centuries ago. The records are objective and reliable, shedding light on the business practice of the time followed by trading companies through hire purchase, money loans, hiring oneself out, real estate sales or lease, etc.
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