In this article, the authors study the diverse roles of rural fortifications in northern Istria within the context of military events and the participation of the rural population therein. These events include the incursions of Ottoman robber bands as well as the first and second Austro-Venetian wars. We discuss the variety of functions, including the symbolic one, of architecturally variously fortified buildings: watchtowers, fortified walls with watchtowers, fortified churches and fortified karst pits.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1760467
The monograph deals with the demographic and socio-economic development of the 18th century freeport of Trieste, with particular emphasis on the immigration processes, which were the driving factors in the economic rise of the city and in its completely new social fabric formation. The monography is an original thematic and methodological contribution to the slovene historiography; it puts Trieste into the context of the European urban network and in the European urban history.
COBISS.SI-ID: 243386112
Economic history of Istria in early modern period is characterized by stagnation or even decline of economic development. In article author argues strong economic ties with hinterland Slovene and Croatian places under the Hapsburg rule, and in particular with Trieste and partly with Rijeka, and states that they were of vital importance to the inhabitants of venetian northern Istrian towns and their hinterlands. The trade connections influenced on the monetary policy in Carniola and resulted in formation of a special Carniola currency within the Hapsburg monarchy in 16th century.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1533139
Throughout the period of the Venetian Republic, olive oil production was one of the main branches of the Istrian Economy. Its importance grew considerably form the 16th century on when olive oil was increasingly used for the illumination of expanding towns, and as a raw material for semi-industrial products. The paper deals with the olive oil production, trade, sale, taxation and smuggling. The quantitative historical data give us a fairly reliable picture of the olive oil prices, trade, production volume and tax rates.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1611475
Municipal statutes were Constitution and Code of municipalities along the Adriatic Sea from 13 century on. Today are only symbols of (legitimate) pride of the past, what reflects also the statute of commune Izola. The statutes are often the basis for historical research of the land and old life patterns. In the statute of Izola is that even more pronounced than in other places. The old statute is almost the only source of local information on social, political and economic order in Izola in the Venetian era.
COBISS.SI-ID: 252644352