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U radu se nastoji pokazati kakva je bila uloga pripadnica gradske elite u zagrebačkome Gradecu. Upozorava se da su, iako direktno nisu sudjelovale u gradskoj vlasti, bile usko povezane s njezinim nositeljima. Govori se o njihovoj ulozi u prijenosu vlasništva i društvenoga ugleda kao i stvaranju političkih veza te time i formiranju gradske elite. ; Although women in medieval towns could not participate neither in the city government nor in the election of the city officers, they had influence in the shaping of the urban elite, as is demonstrated in this article on the example of Zagreb Gradec. Women in the medieval city of Zagreb were able to obtain the full right citizenship, which allowed them certain privileges. Besides that, they were treated equally to male heirs according to the inheritance law. They were also treated equally in many other aspects of the urban life such as trade or in the city court. Some women were among the richest inhabitants of the city community, as were Francisca Donati, Margareta Rybarica, Katarina, the widow of Sigismund Mauri, or Katarina Soldinar. Furthemore, the usual way of integration of the new members of the urban elite was marriage into a family which already belonged to the urban elite, whether by marrying a daughter of the prominent citizen who was a judge or a juror, or by marrying a widow of the former member of the elite. Good marriage often proved to be more useful for political climb than regular kinship ties by blood. In that way, prominent women played a great role in the integration or consolidation of the urban elite.

The paper focuses on the leading layer in the urban societies of medieval Slavonia, seeking to answer the following questions: Who comprised the urban elite in Slavonian towns? What were their professions and what properties did they own? What was the significance of family relations for the formation of elites, and what other factors could help an individual to join their ranks? An important issue regarding the urban elites is the relationship between the elites and urban space; thus, the spatial development of Gradec and Varaždin are discussed in the second part of the paper. ; Rad se bavi vodećim slojem gradskih društava srednjovjekovne Slavonije analizirajući urbane elite zagrebačkog Gradeca i Varaždina, najrazvijenijih gradskih naselja na tom području. Istraživanje je bilo prvenstveno usmjereno na osobe koje su bile nosioci neke od istaknutih gradskih funkcija (sudac, prisežnik, vijećnik) i članove njihovih obitelji, jer su u manjim srednjovjekovnim gradovima poput Gradeca ili Varaždina osobe koje su bile uključene u politički život grada najčešće bile i dio društvene i gospodarske elite. Rad čine dvije većee cjeline, od kojih je prva posvećena analizi urbanih elita Gradeca i Varaždina. U njoj se govori o zanimanjima kojima su se pripadnici elite bavili i posjedima koje su držali, a posebna je pažnja posvećena pitanju značenja rodbinskih veza u oblikovanju elite, pri čemu se ističe i važna ulogu žena u tim procesima. Osim na važnost rodbinskih veza, upozorava se i na značenje drugih oblika društvenih veza (poslovnih, prijateljskih, etničkih) u formiranju elite, a raspravlja se i o drugim čimbenicima koji su mogli pomoći uključivanju pojedinca u redove elite. Drugi dio rada je, za razliku od prvog koji je usmjeren na same urbane elite, posvećen prostornoj organizaciji Gradeca i Varaždina, položaju nekretnina u vlasništvu pripadnika elite u gradu i odnosu elite s urbanim prostorom.