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- 1372-1374, 1431-1438, 1462, 1523, 1571-1572, 1578-1579, 1596, 1598-1612, 1616-1626, 1629-1646, 1648-1650, 1652-1675 (Creation)
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In addition to the registers Lamenta de intus (HR-DADU-21.1) and Lamenta de foris (HR-DADU-21.2), registers of this fonds were also kept, containing lawsuits for criminal offenses committed inside and outside the city walls, that were recorded in the period from the 70s of the 14th centuries, to the 70s of the 17th centuries. Criminal cases were initially tried by Curia Maior and Curia Minor and, from 1459, by the Criminal Court. The entries in the documents of the fonds consist of a lawsuit initiated by a private person or the state (ex officio). Witnesses were listed and, if necessary, their written testimonies were also added. The records in this series mainly relate to cases of physical violence, verbal violence, and property crimes. It is characteristic of the Dubrovnik Criminal Court that it rarely rendered judgements, most likely because most disputes terminated with conciliation of the warring parties. Some of the judgements were recorded at the end of the case, and some were entered in special books in the Criminalia Fonds (HR-DADU-23). Not all legal decisions or judgements had been preserved for the period before 1667.
Similar to the series Lamenta de intus (HR-DADU-21.1), this series provides abundant information about Jews who came to Dubrovnik from the Apennine Peninsula and from the areas of the Ottoman Empire. It is an excellent source for researching all aspects of everyday life of the Dubrovnik Jewish community in the 16th century. It also provides an opportunity to researchers to analyse the relations of Dubrovnik Jews with both: their fellow citizens and the city authorities. As for significant figures in Sephardic history, it should be noted that the series mentions Abraham Coen de Herrera and his father David Coen de Herrera (vol. 16, f. 253v; vol. 17, f. 127). There are many references to Jewish families the members of which lived both in Dubrovnik and in Italian and Ottoman cities (e.g., Abeatar, Abravanel, Abuaf, Albachari, Alfarin, Amadio, Bencastiel, Benmaior, Bensassen, Cabiglio, Camargo, Celebi, Cidi, Coduto, Cohen, Criado, Cussi, Danon, Ergas, Esperiel, Formon, Gaon, Israel, Lanciano, Levi, Lindo, Maestro, Mazaod, Melle, Membre, Miranda, Moschato, Nahmias, Oef, Pappo, Pardo, Salama, Sarfatin, Tobi , Trigo, Trincha, Valenzin).
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Građa za generalni katalog Državnog arhiva u Dubrovniku, box 17, folder 13.
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State Archives in Dubrovnik
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Konstantin Vojnović, »Sudbeni ustroj republike dubrovačke.« Rad JAZU 108 (1892): 99-181. Miroslav Pantić, »Izbor dokumenata o dubrovačkim jevrejima od sredine XVII do kraja XVIII veka.« Zbornik Jevrejskog istorijskog muzeja 1 (1971): 341-402. Nella Lonza, »Tužba, osveta, nagodba: modeli reagiranja na zločin u srednjovjekovnom Dubrovniku.« (Summary: Settling Disputes in Medieval Dubrovnik by Court Proceedings, Revenge or Out-of-Court Settlement) Anali Zavoda za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Dubrovniku 40 (2002): 57-104. Nella Lonza, »Srednjovjekovni zapisnici dubrovačkog Kaznenog suda: izvorne cjeline i arhivsko stanje.« (Summary: Criminal Records of Medieval Dubrovnik: a Survey) Anali Zavoda za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Dubrovniku 41 (2003), pp. 45-74. Yom Tov Assis and Vesna Miović, »Sefardi Refugees in 16th Century Ragusa (Dubrovnik).« Hispania Judaica Bulletin 5 (2007): 241-260. Vesna Miović, »Jewish Life in Sixteenth-Century Dubrovnik.« Hispania Judaica Bulletin 8 (2011): 111-124. Vesna Miović, »Surgeon Abraham of Ragusa.« Hispania Judaica Bulletin 11 (2015): 79-91. Vesna Miović, »Dubrovačka Židovska općina u vrijeme Didaka Pira.« Dubrovnik (2017): 7-20.
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2021
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- English