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The present discourse entitled Leather tanning in medieval cities of today's Slovenian Styria mostly concerns itself with the question of medieval-citizen-craftsmen trying to achieve a prestigious position within their city's hierarchy. The analysis was done using the already published literature as well as published and unpublished primary sources. Even though the emphasis is on cities of today's Slovenian Styria, the comparison was also made with the ones of contemporary Carniola and the Slovenian Littoral. We must admit that the leather tanning craft during the middle ages was relatively low as far as prestige goes. Even so we can surmise, that many tanners were able to reach for the highest positions of a certain city's administration. This was especially true for the artisans in smaller cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]