Keywords
fifteenth century
sixteenth century
seventeenth century
Kotor Book of Statutes
criminal offences
punishment
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Abstract
This paper explores the history of criminal law of the Venetian-ruled city of Kotor from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. The paper is primarily interested in the norms, punishments, and the application of the Venetian, municipal, and customary criminal law, with a specific focus on criminal offenses against life and limb and property. Drawing on the largely unexplored wealth of archival material preserved in the Historical Archives of Kotor, the paper foregrounds the history of public law in Kotor where the existing scholarship has tended mostly to study private law. By reconstructing from the hitherto unused archival sources the norms, the application, and the institutions of criminal law of the late medieval and early modern Kotor, the paper calls for a renewed, interdisciplinary approach to the study of the city’s legal, political, and institutional history. The research specifically aimed to uncover original archival material related to criminal offenses against life and limb, as well as property offenses, punishment and its practical application. The findings reveal highly valuable and significant archival records, which have not been the subject of legal scientific research until now.
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