CROATIA

Information on Urban History and Urban Historical Research in Croatia

by Irena Benyovsky Latin

 

1. Associations and Societies on Urban History:

There are no official associations and societies on Urban history, but there are centres for urban history in the research Institutes, such as:

2. City Archives

National Archives and digital resources:

3. Journals:

4. Journals for Regional History including relevant contributions on Urban History:

5. Bibliographies

6. Main Reference Works on Urban History in Croatia:

  • General: Croatian scientific bibliography – on Urban history.  Antiquity.   Medieval: – Irena Benyovsky Latin, “Introduction: Towns and cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Authority and Property”, in: Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Authority and Property, eds. Irena Benyovsky Latin and Zrinka Pešorda Vardić, Zagreb: Croatian Institute of History, 2014, 13-35;  –   Irena Benyovsky Latin, “Introduction: Towns and cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Image of the Town in Narrative Sources: Reality and/or Fiction?, in: Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Image of the Town in Narrative Sources: Reality and/or Fiction?, eds. Irena Benyovsky Latin and Zrinka Pešorda Vardić, Zagreb: Croatian Institute of History, 2017.  Early modern.  Modern.

7. Atlases:

  • Historical Town Atlases – Croatia by Mirela Slukan Altić
  • Povijesni atlas gradova: Bjelovar (Historical Town Atlases: Bjelovar), Državni arhiv Bjelovar i Hrvatski državni arhiv. – Zagreb, 2003.
  • Povijesni atlas gradova: Sisak (Historical Town Atlases: Sisak), Državni arhiv Sisak i Hrvatski državni arhiv. – Zagreb, 2004.
  • Povijesni atlas gradova: Koprivnica (Historical Town Atlases: Koprivnica), Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar i Muzej grada Koprivnice. – Zagreb, 2005.
  • Povijesni atlas gradova: Hrvatska Kostajnica (Historical Town Atlases: Hrvatska Kostajnica), Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar i Državni arhiv Sisak. – Zagreb, 2007.
  • Povijesni atlas gradova: Varaždin (Historical Town Atlases: Varaždin), Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar i Državni arhiv Varaždin. Zagreb, 2009.
  • Povijesni atlas gradova: Sisak (Historical Town Atlases: Sisak), Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar i Državni arhiv Sisak. Zagreb, 2004.

8. Events:

  • 4th Triennial Scholarly Conference  – Croatian Institute of History:  Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: The City and the Church October 22-23, 2019  Zagreb in the Golden Hall of the Croatian Institute for History.