摘要：The article gives a list of institutions in Istria which took care about helpeless and sick persons during the medieval and the early modern ages, until the 17th century. An elaborate research about this type of institutions does not exist, and the most comprehensive work on this subjects dates from the late 19th century (Schiavuzzi). After that several historians also gave some information about this subject, but it was never a central part of their research. This article used date from previous researches and also new archival documents. Furthermore, it gives information about the founders of charitable institutions (church orders, fraternities, urban communities). In Istria, as in other parts of Europe, charitable institutions located outside towns were founded by church orders (Benedictine, Templars, Order of St. John). Those located in towns were founded by fraternities, town’s administration or by certain individuals. Archival sources and literature use various names for charitable institutions (hospital, hospicij, hospital, hospicij, ksenodokij) and the article points out that in some cases different terms were used for the and the article points out that in some cases different terms were used for the ksenodokij indentical type of institution. This article does not cover eastern part of Istria, and history of charitable institutions in that area requires further research.
