Laws and statutes of the military population of the Varazdin Military District


Vienna February 2nd 1737 Parchment, manuscript, Latin, 20 parchment leafs 37 x 25.5 cm Manuscript book, soft cover: brown velvet, hanging wax seal of Charles VI encased in a closed metal box. On the lid a double-headed eagle carrying the Austrian coat-of-arms with initials C VI is engraved. Charles VI had distributed the laws and statutes to the captains, military leaders and soldiers in the area of the Varazdin Military District. The Statutes were prepared and put in deed by the Duke J.F. of Hildburgshausen. The military population had enthusiastically accepted the statutes put forward by Hildburgshausen in spite of the fact that the statutes significantly limited their rights. On the basis of the Records 'concerning the exchange of the items that took place in the offices of the Croatian History Museum, between the said Museum and Mr Zeljko Gorcey, a civil servant with his residence in Subiceva ulica 13 in Zagreb, on February 13th 1951... and on the basis of the agreement reached with the museum professional staff and the Ministry of Science and culture, Danica Svalba, head of the Museum, has agreed to give Mr Gorcey four miniature family portraits in exchange for five documents of the 'Vlach Privileges' from the 17th and 18th centuries.' Vojna krajina u Hrvatskoj (catalogue of the exhibition of the Historical Museum of Croatia), Zagreb, 1981.




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