An analysis of the linguistic and historical aspects of the royal charter issued by king Zvonimir to the inhabitants of the island of Brač

Isprava kojom kralj Zvonimir daje Bračanima pravo na slobodnu trgovinu se smatra falsifikatom. Znanstvenici koji su se bavili tom problematikom su uočili više podataka koji idu u prilog toj tezi. Zanimljivo je istaknuti da kod nekih drugih Zvonimirovih isprava postoje znanstveni prijepori radi li se o falsifikatima ili ne dok za ovu ispravu gotovo svi zastupaju tezu da je riječ o falsifikatu. Ovaj rad pokušava odgovoriti na to pitanje prvenstveno kroz analizu i usporedbu filoloških i diplomatičkih obilježja ove isprave s ostalim Zvonimirovim ispravama te kroz prikaz povijesnog konteksta koji obuhvaća ovu ispravu. Rezultati se podudaraju s dosadašnjim zaključcima. Naime, uočeno je previše odstupanja u diplomatičkoj analizi isprave, u filološkoj analizi i usporedbi je primjećeno da se neka imena i oblici napisani na taj način nalaze samo u ovoj ispravi, a i povijesni kontekst je takav da nije postojala stvarna potreba za izdavanjem isprave. Sve to nepobitno ukazuje na to da je ova isprava falsifikat, i da je vjerojatno nastala iz određenih povijesno-političkih potreba u kasnijem razdoblju.The document which is used by Croatian king Zvonimir to give people from Brač right to free trade is considered to be a forgery. Scientists who have studied that issue, already found lot of arguments for that thesis. While, there is still controversy about authentication of some other documents of the king Zvonimir, this one is considered by most of the scientists to be a forgery. In this thesis has been done diplomatic and philological analysis of the problem and also comparison to the other documents of the king Zvonimir. This thesis also provides insight on the historical and political conditions that were current at the time of issue of the document. The results coincide with previous findings. It was noted too many discrepancies in diplomatical analysis of the document, in philological analysis and comparison with other Zvonimir's documents has been observed that some names and forms written in this way can only be founded in this document, and the historical context is such that there was no real need for the release of the document. All this unequivocally indicates that this document is forgery, and that was probably created because of the historical and political need at later period