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Property Relations and Family Structure of the Nobility in the Sava and Drava Interamnium in the Middle Ages

Study of questions connected with property and family structure and their mutual intertwining has a great importance for a better understanding of the general problem of economical, social and cultural position of the nobility in medieval society. In the paper this issue is discussed on the examples of the noble kindreds (generationes or genera) living in the area between the Sava and Drava rivers, that is the area comprising medieval Slavonia and the counties of Požega, Vukovo and Srijem. In social respect, some of these kindreds belong to the lesser nobility (such were the members of the nobilis communitas Campi Zagrabiensis), and others to the middling nobility and aristocracy (such as the members of the generatio Borich bani of the Požega county). There are analysed different forms of property holding concerning owner and the way of acquisition, how the property relations influenced inheritance patterns and marriage strategies, and how the property relations influenced kindred’s cohesion. These issues are analysed over time in order to determine in which way the changes of property relations influenced changes of kinship structure and vice versa.

nobility; family structure; the Middle Ages; Sava-Drava interamnium

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