Dubrovnik Annals 18 (2014): pp. 7-45 7 Original paper UDC 711.4(497.5 Dubrovnik)“12/13“ 94(497.5 Dubrovnik)“12/13“ 929.52 Volcassio, family THE ESTATE OF THE VOLCASSIO FAMILY IN MEDIEVAL DUBROVNIK IRENA BENYOVSKY LATIN AND STIPE LEDIû ABSTRACT: The article traces the history of the Volcassio family estate in medieval Dubrovnik. This noble family was among the greatest urban property owners, whose members participated actively in the political and economic activities of the city. The estates of Volcasio Johannis (Vukas Ivaniü) and his sons Pasqua and Damianus Volcassio have been identified, along with those of other family members, all mainly located in the suburb south of the Plaça (later centre of the town), which include the plots of land used for housing or rent. By grounding the research on a wealth of original documents entered into the computer database, the authors analyse the positioning and expansion of the Volcassio family estates with regard to legal regulation, social conditions and urban communal development which peaked in the second half of the thirteenth century. Keywords: Volcassio (Vukasoviü) family, medieval Dubrovnik, properties, urbanism Introduction The thirteenth century was a period of significant political, social and economic changes in the history of Dubrovnik, as well as of the development Irena Benyovsky Latin, research advisor at the Croatian Institute of History, Opatiþka 10, 10000 Zagreb,
[email protected] Stipe Lediü, assistant at the Catholic University of Croatia in Zagreb, Ilica 242, 10000 Zagreb,
[email protected] This article has already been published in Croatian under the following title: »Posjed obitelji Volcassio u srednjovjekovnom Dubrovniku.« Anali Zavoda za povijesne znanosti HAZU 51/1 (2013): pp.