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Stari grad Krčingrad nalazi se na šumovitomu poluotoku između Kozjačkoga i Gradinskoga jezera u sklopu Nacionalnoga parka Plitvička jezera. Unatoč svojemu iznimnom položaju njegova je prošlost slabo poznata zbog nedostatka sačuvanih pisanih izvora. Interdisciplinarnim sagledavanja rezultata arheoloških istraživanja u radu se nastoji odgovoriti na pitanje vlasništva ovoga plitvičkog starog grada. Pri tome je širokom kontekstualizacijom sačuvanih povijesnih izvora razmotren međuodnos Krčingrada, Drežničke županije i knezova Babonića, postojanje srednjovjekovnoga prometnog smjera kroz Plitvička jezera te značenje njegove mikrolokacije., The old town of Krčingrad is located on the wooded peninsula between the Kozjačko and Gradinsko lakes in the National Park of Plitvice Lakes. Despite its extraordinary position, its past is barely known owing to the scarcity of written documents. Based on an interdisciplinary evaluation of the archaeological finds, the author discusses the question of ownership over this old town at Plitvice. A broad contextualization of the preserved historical sources has served to consider the correlation between Krčingrad, Drežnička County, and the Babonić Counts, the existence of a medieval traffic route through the Plitvice Lakes, and the significance of its micro-location. The area of Plitvice Lakes is mentioned in a charter issued by King Andrew III the Venetian (1292), as an integral part of Drežnička County and owned by the Babonić. The very micro-location of Krčingrad on the peninsula between the two lakes suggests that it may have been built at the spot where goods were transported from Kozjačko to Gradinsko lakes. The geostrategic importance of the Plitvice route, and thus of Krčingrad itself, changed in 1323, when King Charles Robert confirmed Drežnička County as property of Count Dujam III. Even though the Plitvice route was the fastest connection between the Frankapan properties in Drežnička and Gatačka counties, Krčingrad lost its strategic importance because it ceased to be a crucial defence spot on the edge of political and economic domains of the Babonić and was included in those of the Frankapan, the Counts of Krk. It is probably at that time that Krčingrad fell into disuse, as it was no longer playing any role in the geostrategic plans of its new masters Frankapan, the Counts of Krk. In the last decades of the 15th century, with the Ottoman incursions and their final occupation of this area in the second half of the 1520s, the importance of the Plitvice route and Krčingrad further decreased. Even though the Ottomans occasionally used the Plitvice route as late as the mid-16th century in their raids, it was in the late 15th century that it lost its importance as an important trade and traffic route.

The Counts of Blagaj were descendants of the noble Babonić family, which was one of the most powerful magnate families not only in medieval Slavonia, but in the whole medieval Realm of Saint Stephen (Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia), during the second half of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. While the second half of the 14th century represents the period of their decline, the same cannot be said of the very end of the 14th and the first four decades of the 15th century, which was when King Sigismund of Luxemburg was on the Hungarian-Croatian throne. The latter period was significantly marked by the dynamic and not always beneficial relations between the Counts of Blagaj and King Sigismund of Luxemburg. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to analyse various questions concerning the political relations between the Counts of Blagaj and King Sigismund of Luxemburg during his long reign as the king of the Realm of Saint Stephen. First of all, it shall be analysed how resolute and firm the Counts of Blagaj were as opponents of King Sigismund in the last decade of the 14th century, that is, during the period of his constant abject struggle to gain and keep the Hungarian-Croatian throne. Further on, it shall be analysed what kind of socio- political mechanisms and family connections had influenced the change of this political position in the first decade of the 15th century. Moreover, several other questions will be asked – did all members of the Blagaj Dinasty have the same political agenda towards King Sigismund ; was there among them any individual who defined the family policy towards the King ; what did it actually mean to serve the King faithfully ; and finally, was there any and, if so, how important was the economical and geopolitical benefit of loyal service to King Sigismund of Luxemburg for the Counts of Blagaj.

Godine 1780. kraljica Marija Terezija donosi konačni hrvatski urbar u kojem određuje odnose između kmetova i feudalaca. Grof Benevent Sigismund Petazzi donosi urbare za kmetska naselja na svom vlastelinstvu Brlog 1778. godine. U radu autor prikazuje kmetske obaveze prije te reforme i konačan urbar za pojedina naselja. Na osnovi katastarskih izmjera koje je izradio grof Petazzi autor također analizira vrste zemlje i veličinu kmetskog posjeda na vlastelinstvu Brlog.