Economic affairs at Zmajevi？’s Glagolitic Seminary in Zadar during the rectorate of canon Josip Calvi (1782？1810)

Sa？etak On the basis of the account books of the Glagolitic seminary in Zadar from the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, the paper follows economic affairs of this church institution from Zadar. The analyzed data uncover a dynamic economic life of the Glagolitic seminary, considering its estates stretching alongside the Zadar archipelago and coastline. They further help us reveal complex colonate contracts; takings and allocation of proceeds; and everyday life of the teachers and students of the seminary. The financial books of the Glagolitic seminary in Zadar present an exceptionally valuable historical source for studying the price trends of groceries and building material, and the costs related to food and beverages production in Zadar and its surroundings at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Furthermore, the material under study offers an insight not only into the socio-political background that had an impact on production processes, but also into financial difficulties suffered by church institutions in Zadar, considering the fact that the account books of the Glagolitic seminary analyzed in this paper had been subject to frequent changes of power in Dalmatia during the 18th and the 19th centuries, each of the authorities having chosen a different type of policy toward church organization and the economic management of church estates. Finally, these documents clearly prove the humanitarian nature of church institutions in Zadar at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, since there were many poor families, and poverty was overpresent in general in Dalmatia in the period under study. The Glagolitic seminary in Zadar definitely counts among these institutions