The Vindol Statute on Animals and Products of Animal Origin, dating from 1288

Abstract

Zna se da su najstariji stanovnici Vinodola bili Japodi i Liburni, a od 2. st. pr. n. e. na ovo područje počinju pristizati Rimljani. Bribir je bio sjedište vinodolskog kraja. Vinodolski zakon sastavila je komisija od predstavnika devet općina (Grobnik, Trsat, Bakar, Hreljin, Drivenik, Grižane, Bribir, Novi, Ledenice). Slaveni na ovo područje dolaze krajem 6. stoljeća. Vinodolski je zakon donesen u prisutnosti kneza Leonarda iz moćne velikaške obitelji krčkih knezova, koji su se kasnije nazvali Frankopani i koji su još u 17. stoljeću držali grad Novi. No veći dio drugih gradova nalazio se pod vlašću znamenite velikaške obitelji Zrinski, sve do tragedije Petra Zrinskog i Frana Krste Frankopana 1671. godine. Zakon ima 75 članaka od čega se u 13 članaka spominju životinje, odnosno pastir koji je mogao biti svjedokom. Većina se tih članaka odnosi na davanja životinja, bilo kao obveza bilo kao kazna za učinjeno nedjelo.It is known that the oldest inhabitants of Vinodol were Japods and Liburns, and from the 2nd century A.D. Romans began to arrive in this area. Bribir was the seat of the Vindol area. The Vindol Statute was drawn up by a commission comprised of representatives of nine municipalities (Grobnik, Trsat, Bakar, Hreljin, Drivenik, Grižane, Bribir, Novi and Ledenice). The Slavs came to this area at the end of the 6th century. The Vinodol Statute was adopted in the presence of Prince Leonard, from the powerful family of Krk Princes, who later came to be known as Frankopan and who still held the town of Novi in the 17th century. However most of the other towns were under the rule of the famous Zrinski family, right up to the tragic deaths of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krst Frankopan in 1671. The Statute has 75 Articles, of which 13 mention animals, or a shepherd, who may have been a witness. Most of those Articles have to do with giving animals away, whether as an obligation or as a punishment for a crime committed