Central Functions of Settlement in Northwest Croatian in the 13th and first half of the 14th Century

U razdoblju razvijenoga srednjeg vijeka dolazi do osnivanja i izgradnje novih naselja na području srednjovjekovne Slavonije. Većina naselja nastaje bez antičkoga kontinuiteta te u duhu svoga vremena. Sredinom 13. stoljeća, nakon provale Mongola dolazi do sustavne izgradnje tvrdih gradova i nastanka slobodnih kraljevskih gradova te sve češće potrebe za potvrđivanjem prava na grad ili posjed, što nam danas daje prve vijesti o njihovom postojanju i zadaći. U radu se nastoji dati sliku razvoja srednjovjekovnih naselja na području današnje sjeverozapadne Hrvatske, s naglaskom na 13. i prvu polovicu 14. stoljeća tj. do perioda upravnih reformi kralja Ludovika I. Anžuvinca. Detektirana naselja promatrana su kroz analizu njihovih središnjih funkcija (obrambena, prometna, političko-administrativna, trgovačko-obrtnička, kultno-religiozna), te se daje slika o njihovom geografskom razmještaju te uvjetovanost takvog razmještaja, ali i globalnom ili pak lokalnom utjecaju na naselja okolnoga područja.During the High Middle Age it comes to the foundation and construction of the new settlements in the medieval Slavonia. Most of the settlements were created without the ancient continuity and in the spirit of their time. In the middle 13th century, after the Tatar invasion, it comes to a systematic construction of fortified towns (boroughs) and the formation of towns. There was a need to confirm the right on the town or possession that today gives us the first news of their existence and mission. This paper will try to give a picture of the formation of medieval settlements in today northwestern Croatia, with the focus on the 13th and the first half of the 14th century, during the administrative reforms of the King Louis I from the Anjou dynasty. Detected settlements will be examined through analysis of their central functions (defense, transport, political, administrative, trade, cultural and religious). It will give us a picture of their geographical deployment and conditionality of such an arrangement and also global or local character of the surrounding settlement areas