Micha Madius de Barbazanis - a történetíró és spalatói nemes patrícius

Micha Madius, the nobleman from Split wrote a chronicle titled De gestis Romanorum imperatorum et summorum pontificum pars secunde partis de anno Domini MCC nonagesimo. This paper deals with his life and the scholar historiography about his chronicle

A kőrösi várjobbágyok a 13-15. században

The paper analyses the status of the nobiles iobagiones castri in the 14th century in Sclavonia, in the county Krizevci. The nobility of the nobiles iobagiones castri wasn't complete. They gave military service to the king as abroad as in the homeland. Before 1526 we know only some mentions about the military service of the nobiles iobagiones of Krizevci. The nobiles iobagiones had their own officers in every comitatus: curialis comes, maior exercitus, maior castri, centurio, comes terrestris etc., but county Krizevci didn't have any maior exercitus and maior castri. The comes terrestris was the most important officer. He was the head of the comitatus. He was elected by the others iobagiones castri and he was the most considerable member of the community. The most important difference between the nobiles iobagiones castri in Krizevci and the nobiles iobagiones castri living north of river Drava was that the nobiles iobagiones castri in Krizevci paid tax on land. The nobiles iobagiones had their own land, and they could buy, inherit, receive lands

A körösi várjobbágyok nemzetségei

In the medieval Slavonia, in county Krizevci two casde district: Krizevci and Kalnik could preserve at least part of their independence in the 14th century. The status of the casde warriors (later casde nobles) belonged to them was different, then the status of the iobagiones castri northern the river Drave. The casde warriors of county Krizevci had four kindreds (genus, generatio): the Hegen, the Prelsa, the Cueth and the Mattheus (Máté) kindred. The real or supposed forefathers of them held the main office in the casde district of Krizevci in the 13th century, all of them were comes terrestris. The names of the kindreds appeared in the 14th century. All of the casde warriors belonged to one of this four kindreds. The kindreds played roll in the ownership and the tax-paying of the iobagiones castri. The paper analyses the system of the generations among the casde warriors of Krizevci and its effect to the ownership, the tax-paying, the warfare etc. of the iobagiones castri

"Ratione prioritatis termini". Egy középkori jogi kifejezésről.

The paper analyses the history and the usage of the legal term prioritás termini. It was used from the 1320's and till the of the XlVth century all the major judges (judge royal, palatine, Slavonian ban etc.) postponed lawsuits because of prioritás termini. In the end of the century the usage of this term was changed. In the XVth century only the authorities of the counties and the ecclesiastical judges used it. It was a special reason for the postponing, only the defendant could use it and only in the first time, when he had to appear in front of the judge. The defendant sent his deputy, who was called assumptor termini. In generál the person of the assumptor termini was not named in the charters, and his only role was to ask and take the new terminus for his principal

Zágráb vagy Körös?

Zagreb or Križevci? : It is known, that the main city of the mediaeval Slavonia was Zagreb. But was it true in the whole Middle Ages? The paper analyses the question mainly through the charters issued by the the Slavonian princes, bans and vice-bans. According to them, Zagreb was the most important settlement in the Arpadian and Angevin period. Four periods can be distinguished within the examined era and the role of Zagreb was different in all of them. In the first period (till the 1270’s) the ban circled in the whole territory and issued charters in every place where needed. Zagreb was important, but the ban did not live there continuously. In the second one, during the period of the oligarchs the Slavonian ban very rarely issued charters in Zagreb, while in the third one (from ban Nicolas de Felsőlendva till Nicolas de Hahót) the ban again circled in Slavonia. From the 1350’s the ban held his court in Zagreb, the chancellery had a stable place there and most of the charters of the bans were issued there

A körösi várjobbágyok útja a nemességbe

In the medieval Slavonia, the castle warriors had a special type of liberty which was not equal to the liberty of nobles. They had to pay some taxes and offer military service. The higher 'class' of castle warriors held the positions of the 'várispánság' (Lat. comitatus, Eng. castle district) and they had the opportunity before 1430 to become members of the true nobility and some of them were successful. The elevated families henceforward had functions in the comitatus as well. In 1430, the castle warriors of Krizevci were collectively ennobled by king Sigismund. The paper analyses the common elements of the 'successful stories', in other words of the known ennoblements. The father or the grandfather who had held the office of the comes terrestris, the highest position of the castle-district was a good starting point for his descendants. Those who had been ennobled were surely forced in the army and were the familiaris of a magnate or the king

Zágráb vagy Körös?

It is known, that the main city of the mediaeval Slavonia was Zagreb. But was it true in the whole Middle Ages? The paper analyses the question mainly through the charters issued by the the Slavonian princes, bans and vice-bans. According to them, Zagreb was the most important settlement in the Arpadian and Angevin period. Four periods can be distinguished within the examined era and the role of Zagreb was different in all of them. In the first period (till the 1270’s) the ban circled in the whole territory and issued charters in every place where needed. Zagreb was important, but the ban did not live there continuously. In the second one, during the period of the oligarchs the Slavonian ban very rarely issued charters in Zagreb, while in the third one (from ban Nicolas de Felsőlendva till Nicolas de Hahót) the ban again circled in Slavonia. From the 1350’s the ban held his court in Zagreb, the chancellery had a stable place there and most of the charters of the bans were issued there