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Urban Governance and Civic Participation in Words and Stone Lecture Series, 2021
The talks of renowned invited experts in this online lecture series will seek the origins of civi... more The talks of renowned invited experts in this online lecture series will seek the origins of civic participation in political thought and explore its forms of expression in written and visual media from Late Antiquity to the seventeenth century. The lecture series is co-organized by the Democracy in History Workgroup of the CEU Democracy Institute, the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU, the Department of History of Art at Birkbeck, University of London, and the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Erfurt and is convened by Zoe Opacic (Birkbeck), Susanne Rau (Erfurt), and Katalin Szende (CEU DI).
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Series: Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy, vol. 41
This book is the first comprehensive overv... more Series: Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy, vol. 41
This book is the first comprehensive overview of how written administration was established in the royal towns of medieval Hungary. Using the conceptual framework of trust and authority, the volume sheds light on the growing complexity of urban society and the impact that the various uses of writing had on managing this society, both by the king and by the local magistrates. The present survey and analysis of a broad range of surviving sources reveals that trust in administrative literacy was built up gradually, through a series of decisive and chronologically distinct steps. These included the acquisition of an authentic seal; the appointment of a clerk or notary; setting up a writing office; drawing up town books; and, finally, establishing an archive from the assemblage of collected documents. Although the development of literacy in Hungarian towns has its own history, the questions posed by the study are not unlike those raised for other towns of medieval Europe. The study of Central European towns can therefore be used both to broaden seemingly disparate research frameworks and to contribute to studies that take a more general approach to Europe and beyond.
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Nagy Balázs; Martyn C. Rady; Szende Katalin; Vadas András (eds.), Medieval Buda in Context. Leiden; Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2016.
Medieval Buda in Context discusses the character and development of Buda and its surroundings bet... more Medieval Buda in Context discusses the character and development of Buda and its surroundings between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries, particularly its role as a royal center and capital city of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The twenty-one articles written by Hungarian and international scholars draw on a variety of primary sources: texts, both legal and literary; archaeological discoveries; architectural history; art history; and other studies of material culture. The essays also place Buda in the political, social, cultural and economic context of other contemporary central and eastern European cities. By bringing together the results of research undertaken in recent decades for an English-language readership, this volume offers new insights into urban history and the culture of Europe as a whole.
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Including 15 original chapters from an interdisciplinary team of contributors, this collection be... more Including 15 original chapters from an interdisciplinary team of contributors, this collection begins by posing the question: "What is East Central Europe?" with three specialists offering different interpretations and presenting new conclusions. The book is then grouped into five parts which examine political practice, religion, urban experience, and art and literature. The contributors question and explain the reasons for similarities and differences in governance and strategies for handling allies, enemies or subjects in particular ways. They point out themes and structures from town planning to religious orders that did not function according to political boundaries, and for which the inclusion of East Central European territories was systemic.
The volume offers a new interpretation of medieval East Central Europe, beyond its traditional limits in space and time and beyond the established conceptual schemes. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of medieval East Central Europe.
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The book provides an analysis of the last wills and related sources from three major towns of the... more The book provides an analysis of the last wills and related sources from three major towns of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. It discusses issues of legal history (laws and customs of inheritance), society, economy, demography and material culture (objects bequeathed in the last wills).
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"Die vorliegende Edition enthält den zweiten Teil des ältesten Protocollum Testamentorum aus Preß... more "Die vorliegende Edition enthält den zweiten Teil des ältesten Protocollum Testamentorum aus Preßburg (Bratislava), dessen Original im Stadtarchiv Preßburg (Archív mesta Bratislavy) liegt und insgesamt 844 Eintragungen aus dem Zeitraum zwischen 1410 und 1529 umfasst. Bei den Einträgen, von welchen hier die restlichen 395 zwischen 1487 und 1529 präsentiert werden, handelt es sich fast ausschließlich um letztwillige Verfügungen.
Mit der Herausgabe des Protocollum kann dem Fachpublikum eine aufschlussreiche und für die mittelalterliche Geschichte des Karpatenbeckens seltene Quelle zugänglich gemacht werden, zumal Testamente in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Fokus des Forschungsinteresses ge¬raten sind. Die Edition ermöglicht eine Einordnung der Quelle in den internationalen Kontext. Im Vergleich mit anderen Bürgertestamenten aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum wird die Forschung hinkünftig in der Lage sein, Parallelen und Abweichungen sichtbar zu machen."
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"Vorliegende Publikation enthält den ersten Teil des ältesten Protocollum Testamentorum aus Preßb... more "Vorliegende Publikation enthält den ersten Teil des ältesten Protocollum Testamentorum aus Preßburg (Bratislava), dessen Original im Stadtarchiv Preßburg (Archív mesta Bratislavy) liegt und insgesamt 844 Eintragungen aus dem Zeitraum zwischen 1410 und 1529 umfasst. Bei den Einträgen, von welchen hier die ersten 449 bis zum Jahr 1487 präsentiert werden, handelt es sich fast ausschließlich um letztwillige Verfügungen.
Mit der Herausgabe des Protocollum kann dem Fachpublikum eine aufschlussreiche und für die mittelalterliche Geschichte des Karpatenbeckens seltene Quelle zugänglich gemacht werden, zumal Testamente in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Fokus des Forschungsinteresses geraten sind. Die Edition ermöglicht eine Einordnung der Quelle in den internationalen Kontext. Im Vergleich mit anderen Bürgertestamenten aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum wird die Forschung hinkünftig in der Lage sein, Parallelen und Abweichungen sichtbar zu machen."
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Soproni Szemle vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 401-418., 2023
This is an interview about the work of our dear colleague, Éva Askercz (1938-2022) as and art his... more This is an interview about the work of our dear colleague, Éva Askercz (1938-2022) as and art historian and curator at the Museum of Sopron and her contribution to art history and museology. She excelled both as a historian of applied art and interior decoration as well as the curator of the Storno-collection in Sopron and as the curator of the Hungarian Medal Biennales between 1977 and 2005.
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Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU 28, 219-228., 2022
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In: Ruscia – Hungaria – Europa. Festschrift for Márta Font’s 70th birthday. Ed. Tamás Fedeles, Gábor Barabás, Gergely Kiss. Pécs: Kronosz, 2022, 575-599, 2022
This paper discusses how the location of diocesan seats in the newly
Christianized polities of Ea... more This paper discusses how the location of diocesan seats in the newly
Christianized polities of East Central Europe were presented in the written
evidence and performed on the ground, and how this conditioned the symbiosis of ecclesiastical and secular power. The survey of the siting features and motifs behind site selection reveal a strong overweight of ducal or royal authority in choosing the locations of early cathedral cities. The ideal location was in strongholds where the ruling dynasty had already se led, recently conquered, or was just about to seize in the process of centralization Yet, the sovereigns’ scope of action was not unlimited but they had to share their power with that of the Church. This included adopting the concept of civitates as cathedral cities by the newly Christianized monarchies. The testimony of narrative sources further nuances the overall image. Compiled by clergymen loyal to both the ruling dynasty and to their own dioceses, the chronicles and saints’ lives present the foundation stories in a teleological perspective. Nevertheless, layers from the past not directly connected to the bishopric but to the pre-Christian import of the most significant sites (Prague, Gniezno and Kraków) also came to the fore. The ancient Indo-European motifs of ‘hunting for a location’ also appeared in connection with a few sites. It
was only when events of the eleventh century were narrated that politics of the authors’ own time determined the narratives.
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A történelem asztalánál. Kulináris kalandozások Nagy Balázs 60. Születésnapja alkalmából / Dining with History. Culinary adventures celebrating Balázs Nagy’s 60th birthday. ed. Katalin Szende, Dorottya Uhrin and András Vadas. Budapest: Martin Opitz, 2022
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Századok 156.1: 9-24, 2022
HANS SALTZMAN, THE 1510 PLAGUE, AND THE QUARANTINE AT SIBIU. This article discusses two treatises... more HANS SALTZMAN, THE 1510 PLAGUE, AND THE QUARANTINE AT SIBIU. This article discusses two treatises of Hans Saltzman, a medical doctor of Styrian origin, who was employed as a town physician in Sibiu (Nagyszeben), a rich merchant town in Transylvania. Saltzman earned his fame in Hungarian medical history as the one who first proposed the detention of persons coming from infected areas at the time the plague ravaged most of Hungary in 1510. We raise questions about what exact measures Saltzman proposed in his plague treatise printed in Latin in 1510 and in his second similar work published in German in 1521, and if it was likely or at least possible that a quarantine had been implemented in Sibiu in 1510. To critically examine these issues, we place them in the context of Saltzman’s life and studies, as well as the genre and tradition of plague treatises in late medieval Europe, and the various preventive and curative methods that they proposed. We also survey the institutional and personal measures that the municipal government of Sibiu could take to handle contagious diseases. We conclude that even if there is no direct proof that a quarantine was actually implemented in Sibiu, and the town may not have been able to set up the necessary infrastructure that had no precedent in landlocked Central Europe, one can observe a crucial move towards health becoming a public value and the first tentative steps towards a conscious public health policy.
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Antaeus. Communicationes ex Instituto Archaeologico 37 225 248, 2021
Der vorliegende Beitrag kombiniert die Ansätze der Erforschung materieller Kultur und die Geschic... more Der vorliegende Beitrag kombiniert die Ansätze der Erforschung materieller Kultur und die Geschichte der pragmatischen Schriftlichkeit, um die Relevanz der Materialität für die Etablie rung des Vertrauens in das Schreiben herauszustellen. Es stellt die maßgebende Rolle von Objekten, Materialien und Räumen in der Verwirklichung der mittelalterlichen „dokumentarischen Revolution“ in städtischen Kanzleien und Gesellschaften am Beispiel der königlichen Städte des mittelalterlichen Ungarns dar. Die Analyse der Entstehung der städtischen administrativen Schriftlichkeit hat ihren allmählichen Charakter gezeigt. Jeder Schritt stellte neue Herausforderungen und verlangte neue Formen der Glaubwürdigkeit auf institutioneller und materieller Ebene. Die Erwerbung und Aufbewahrung der städtischen Privilegien bedeutete die erste
konkrete Begegnung mit dem Schreiben auf Gemeindeebene. Danach, die Etablierung der Bedingungen für die örtliche Produktion ähnlicher Dokumente benötigte die Existenz eines Stadtsiegels als Symbols der
Gemeinde, und der vertrauten Person des Notars, zusammen mit der Beschaffung ausreichender Mengen an Schreibmaterialien und Geräte. Hinzu kam die Einführung von Papier, einer neuen Ressource, die die
materielle Voraussetzung für die Einrichtung von Städtebüchern, einem spezifi sch urbanen Genre für die Aufzeichnung von gemeinschaftlichen Angelegenheiten darstellte. Städtebücher als ein neues Format ohne
Siegel und die formalen Elemente von Urkunden verlangten Vertrauen auf einer höheren Ebene. Schließlich boten die Archive und ihre Einrichtungen neuartige Mittel zur Geheimhaltung und Aufbewahrung der städtischen
Dokumente. All dies lässt uns die Verfl echtung von Materialität und pragmatische Schriftlichkeit auf zwei Ebenen erkennen. Einerseits machte es die Entwicklung der städtischen pragmatischen Schriftlichkeit
notwendig, Schritt für Schritt neue Elemente der materiellen Kultur in den städtischen Kontext zu übernehmen. Andererseits spielte Materialität eine aktive und dynamische Rolle bei der Produktion des geschriebenen Wortes und trug zu dessen sozialer Einbettung und Akzeptanz wesentlich bei.
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Religion and Urbanity Online, edited by Jörg Rüpke and Susanne Rau. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2022
The duality of ecclesiastic and secular power runs like a red thread through medieval European hi... more The duality of ecclesiastic and secular power runs like a red thread through medieval European history. The fact that the primacy between these two definitive powers was contested, that they were 'unranked' or their order changed frequently according to the circumstances, determined the dynamics of the period from the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire until the Reformation and beyond. This relationship played out in the most concentrated form in the seats of ecclesiastic power, the cathedral cities,
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Medieval Buda in Context, edited by Balázs Nagy, Martyn Rady, Katalin Szende and András Vadas. Brill, 2016
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Historical Studies Central Europe 1, no. 2 (2021): 260–274, 2021
This article surveys the work carried out in the past two decades on the Hungarian Atlas of Histo... more This article surveys the work carried out in the past two decades on the Hungarian Atlas of Historic Towns in a Central European context. With its more than 550 atlases published in nineteen European countries in the last fifty years, the European Atlas of Historic Towns is one of the most comprehensive collaborative projects in the field of humanities. The countries of East Central Europe could join the project only after the fall of the Iron Curtain, and Hungary published its first atlas as late as 2010. In four subsequent project phases, the Hungarian atlas team has been working on nineteen atlases of eighteen towns, out of which eight have been published so far. The editors follow the standards set by the International Commission for the History of Towns and have adopted best practices represented by the Austrian, Polish and Irish atlas series. In addition to describing the source basis and the main methodological concerns, the article highlights examples of comparative urban research for which the atlases offer an unparalleled potential. The article also advocates a more extensive use of this exceptional resource.
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Urban History, FirstView, 2021
This article revisits the origins of small towns in medieval Hungary from the perspective of thei... more This article revisits the origins of small towns in medieval Hungary from the perspective of their owners and seigneurs. The fourteenth-century development of small towns on the estates of private landowners resulted from the coincidence of several factors. Among these, the article considers the intersection of royal and private interests. The aristocrats' concern to endow their estate centres with privileges or attract new settlers to their lands was dependent on royal approval; likewise, the right to hold annual fairs had to be granted by the kings, and one had to be a loyal retainer to be worthy of these grants. The royal model of supporting the mendicant orders, which were gaining ground in Hungary from the thirteenth century onwards, added a further dimension to the overlords' development strategies. This shows that royal influence, directly or indirectly, had a major impact on the development of towns on private lands in the Angevin period (1301-87). Small towns on the research agenda: Vera Bácskai's contribution In order to understand Vera Bácskai's oeuvre as an urban historian, we should remember that she started out as a medievalist. She earned a degree in History at the University of Leningrad under the direction of Professor Alexandra D. Lublinskaya, with a strong orientation towards social and economic history, and with a thorough training in palaeography and the use of archival materials. She wrote her first major work, a dissertation for the so-called Candidate of Sciences degree, on the market towns of medieval Hungary, publishing it in 1965 in a deceptively modest-looking slim monograph, long before small towns attracted the serious attention of urban historians. 1 The medieval part of her lucid synthesis † Research leading to this article has been supported by the Central European University (Budapest and Vienna), and the 'Lendület' Medieval Hungarian Economic History Research Team (LP2021-3/2015) at the Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest. At the time of editing the special section and revising the article the author held a fellowship in the DFG-funded Kollegforschungsgruppe 'Religion and Urbanity. Reciprocal Formations' (FOR 2779) at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies of the University of Erfurt. 1 V. Bácskai, Magyar mezővárosok a XV. században (Budapest, 1965). The 'Candidate of Sciences' title was taken over from the Soviet academic system. Its requirements were comparable or somewhat higher than those of the Ph.D. and were not connected to enrolment in a specific university programme.
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Istoria ca interogaţie. Mariei Craciun, la o aniversare [Festschrift for Maria Craciun’s 60th Birthday] Eds Carmen Florea, Greta-Monica Miron. Cluj-Napoca: Argonaut & Mega,, pp. 231-252., 2020
This paper discusses the development stages of pragmatic literacy in the mining towns in medieval... more This paper discusses the development stages of pragmatic literacy in the mining towns in medieval Hungary, with particular regard to the imagery used on their seals. It concludes that the early and fast development of local chanceries and literacy served first and foremost the assertion of royal power and control; whereas urban autonomy
remained limited. The same idea is transmitted through the imagery of municipal seals that often bears reference to the towns' ultimate overlord.
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Key themes: History Art history Archaeology Political thought Medieval and Early Modern studies
This book is the first comprehensive overview of how written administration was established in the royal towns of medieval Hungary. Using the conceptual framework of trust and authority, the volume sheds light on the growing complexity of urban society and the impact that the various uses of writing had on managing this society, both by the king and by the local magistrates. The present survey and analysis of a broad range of surviving sources reveals that trust in administrative literacy was built up gradually, through a series of decisive and chronologically distinct steps. These included the acquisition of an authentic seal; the appointment of a clerk or notary; setting up a writing office; drawing up town books; and, finally, establishing an archive from the assemblage of collected documents. Although the development of literacy in Hungarian towns has its own history, the questions posed by the study are not unlike those raised for other towns of medieval Europe. The study of Central European towns can therefore be used both to broaden seemingly disparate research frameworks and to contribute to studies that take a more general approach to Europe and beyond.
The volume offers a new interpretation of medieval East Central Europe, beyond its traditional limits in space and time and beyond the established conceptual schemes. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of medieval East Central Europe.
Mit der Herausgabe des Protocollum kann dem Fachpublikum eine aufschlussreiche und für die mittelalterliche Geschichte des Karpatenbeckens seltene Quelle zugänglich gemacht werden, zumal Testamente in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Fokus des Forschungsinteresses ge¬raten sind. Die Edition ermöglicht eine Einordnung der Quelle in den internationalen Kontext. Im Vergleich mit anderen Bürgertestamenten aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum wird die Forschung hinkünftig in der Lage sein, Parallelen und Abweichungen sichtbar zu machen."
Mit der Herausgabe des Protocollum kann dem Fachpublikum eine aufschlussreiche und für die mittelalterliche Geschichte des Karpatenbeckens seltene Quelle zugänglich gemacht werden, zumal Testamente in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Fokus des Forschungsinteresses geraten sind. Die Edition ermöglicht eine Einordnung der Quelle in den internationalen Kontext. Im Vergleich mit anderen Bürgertestamenten aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum wird die Forschung hinkünftig in der Lage sein, Parallelen und Abweichungen sichtbar zu machen."
Christianized polities of East Central Europe were presented in the written
evidence and performed on the ground, and how this conditioned the symbiosis of ecclesiastical and secular power. The survey of the siting features and motifs behind site selection reveal a strong overweight of ducal or royal authority in choosing the locations of early cathedral cities. The ideal location was in strongholds where the ruling dynasty had already se led, recently conquered, or was just about to seize in the process of centralization Yet, the sovereigns’ scope of action was not unlimited but they had to share their power with that of the Church. This included adopting the concept of civitates as cathedral cities by the newly Christianized monarchies. The testimony of narrative sources further nuances the overall image. Compiled by clergymen loyal to both the ruling dynasty and to their own dioceses, the chronicles and saints’ lives present the foundation stories in a teleological perspective. Nevertheless, layers from the past not directly connected to the bishopric but to the pre-Christian import of the most significant sites (Prague, Gniezno and Kraków) also came to the fore. The ancient Indo-European motifs of ‘hunting for a location’ also appeared in connection with a few sites. It
was only when events of the eleventh century were narrated that politics of the authors’ own time determined the narratives.
konkrete Begegnung mit dem Schreiben auf Gemeindeebene. Danach, die Etablierung der Bedingungen für die örtliche Produktion ähnlicher Dokumente benötigte die Existenz eines Stadtsiegels als Symbols der
Gemeinde, und der vertrauten Person des Notars, zusammen mit der Beschaffung ausreichender Mengen an Schreibmaterialien und Geräte. Hinzu kam die Einführung von Papier, einer neuen Ressource, die die
materielle Voraussetzung für die Einrichtung von Städtebüchern, einem spezifi sch urbanen Genre für die Aufzeichnung von gemeinschaftlichen Angelegenheiten darstellte. Städtebücher als ein neues Format ohne
Siegel und die formalen Elemente von Urkunden verlangten Vertrauen auf einer höheren Ebene. Schließlich boten die Archive und ihre Einrichtungen neuartige Mittel zur Geheimhaltung und Aufbewahrung der städtischen
Dokumente. All dies lässt uns die Verfl echtung von Materialität und pragmatische Schriftlichkeit auf zwei Ebenen erkennen. Einerseits machte es die Entwicklung der städtischen pragmatischen Schriftlichkeit
notwendig, Schritt für Schritt neue Elemente der materiellen Kultur in den städtischen Kontext zu übernehmen. Andererseits spielte Materialität eine aktive und dynamische Rolle bei der Produktion des geschriebenen Wortes und trug zu dessen sozialer Einbettung und Akzeptanz wesentlich bei.
remained limited. The same idea is transmitted through the imagery of municipal seals that often bears reference to the towns' ultimate overlord.
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Key themes: History Art history Archaeology Political thought Medieval and Early Modern studies
This book is the first comprehensive overview of how written administration was established in the royal towns of medieval Hungary. Using the conceptual framework of trust and authority, the volume sheds light on the growing complexity of urban society and the impact that the various uses of writing had on managing this society, both by the king and by the local magistrates. The present survey and analysis of a broad range of surviving sources reveals that trust in administrative literacy was built up gradually, through a series of decisive and chronologically distinct steps. These included the acquisition of an authentic seal; the appointment of a clerk or notary; setting up a writing office; drawing up town books; and, finally, establishing an archive from the assemblage of collected documents. Although the development of literacy in Hungarian towns has its own history, the questions posed by the study are not unlike those raised for other towns of medieval Europe. The study of Central European towns can therefore be used both to broaden seemingly disparate research frameworks and to contribute to studies that take a more general approach to Europe and beyond.
The volume offers a new interpretation of medieval East Central Europe, beyond its traditional limits in space and time and beyond the established conceptual schemes. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of medieval East Central Europe.
Mit der Herausgabe des Protocollum kann dem Fachpublikum eine aufschlussreiche und für die mittelalterliche Geschichte des Karpatenbeckens seltene Quelle zugänglich gemacht werden, zumal Testamente in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Fokus des Forschungsinteresses ge¬raten sind. Die Edition ermöglicht eine Einordnung der Quelle in den internationalen Kontext. Im Vergleich mit anderen Bürgertestamenten aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum wird die Forschung hinkünftig in der Lage sein, Parallelen und Abweichungen sichtbar zu machen."
Mit der Herausgabe des Protocollum kann dem Fachpublikum eine aufschlussreiche und für die mittelalterliche Geschichte des Karpatenbeckens seltene Quelle zugänglich gemacht werden, zumal Testamente in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Fokus des Forschungsinteresses geraten sind. Die Edition ermöglicht eine Einordnung der Quelle in den internationalen Kontext. Im Vergleich mit anderen Bürgertestamenten aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum wird die Forschung hinkünftig in der Lage sein, Parallelen und Abweichungen sichtbar zu machen."
Christianized polities of East Central Europe were presented in the written
evidence and performed on the ground, and how this conditioned the symbiosis of ecclesiastical and secular power. The survey of the siting features and motifs behind site selection reveal a strong overweight of ducal or royal authority in choosing the locations of early cathedral cities. The ideal location was in strongholds where the ruling dynasty had already se led, recently conquered, or was just about to seize in the process of centralization Yet, the sovereigns’ scope of action was not unlimited but they had to share their power with that of the Church. This included adopting the concept of civitates as cathedral cities by the newly Christianized monarchies. The testimony of narrative sources further nuances the overall image. Compiled by clergymen loyal to both the ruling dynasty and to their own dioceses, the chronicles and saints’ lives present the foundation stories in a teleological perspective. Nevertheless, layers from the past not directly connected to the bishopric but to the pre-Christian import of the most significant sites (Prague, Gniezno and Kraków) also came to the fore. The ancient Indo-European motifs of ‘hunting for a location’ also appeared in connection with a few sites. It
was only when events of the eleventh century were narrated that politics of the authors’ own time determined the narratives.
konkrete Begegnung mit dem Schreiben auf Gemeindeebene. Danach, die Etablierung der Bedingungen für die örtliche Produktion ähnlicher Dokumente benötigte die Existenz eines Stadtsiegels als Symbols der
Gemeinde, und der vertrauten Person des Notars, zusammen mit der Beschaffung ausreichender Mengen an Schreibmaterialien und Geräte. Hinzu kam die Einführung von Papier, einer neuen Ressource, die die
materielle Voraussetzung für die Einrichtung von Städtebüchern, einem spezifi sch urbanen Genre für die Aufzeichnung von gemeinschaftlichen Angelegenheiten darstellte. Städtebücher als ein neues Format ohne
Siegel und die formalen Elemente von Urkunden verlangten Vertrauen auf einer höheren Ebene. Schließlich boten die Archive und ihre Einrichtungen neuartige Mittel zur Geheimhaltung und Aufbewahrung der städtischen
Dokumente. All dies lässt uns die Verfl echtung von Materialität und pragmatische Schriftlichkeit auf zwei Ebenen erkennen. Einerseits machte es die Entwicklung der städtischen pragmatischen Schriftlichkeit
notwendig, Schritt für Schritt neue Elemente der materiellen Kultur in den städtischen Kontext zu übernehmen. Andererseits spielte Materialität eine aktive und dynamische Rolle bei der Produktion des geschriebenen Wortes und trug zu dessen sozialer Einbettung und Akzeptanz wesentlich bei.
remained limited. The same idea is transmitted through the imagery of municipal seals that often bears reference to the towns' ultimate overlord.
Kecskemét – a market town on the Great Hungarian Plain; Sopron – a merchant town at the western border; and Sátoraljaújhely – a wine-growing small seigneurial town in the north-eastern hilly region. The time frame is determined by the availability of sources (historic maps, documents, or observation of still extant or excavated remains),
which range from the late thirteenth to the seventeenth/eighteenth century – in broad terms, the pre-industrial period.
or gaps, by proposing a classification according to the main functional types of the towns handled by the atlases. To this end, we first reflect on typological analysis as a method and the conditions under which it may be used in the context of urban history in general, and the HTA series in particular.
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The article discusses the strongly disputed and over-politicised presence of the Germans, the single most populous minority ethnic group in medieval East-Central Europe, and their impact on their host societies, notably the kingdoms of Hungary, Poland and Bohemia, and the duchy of Silesia. It examines the routes and reasons for the arrival of the immigrant population, the topography of settlement and the activities pursued; and it discusses the legal background to the arrival of immigrants and their co-existence with the majority society. In most of East-Central Europe, the arrival of the German settlers led to the adaptation of ius Theutonicum, a framework created by sovereigns to accommodate the immunities and obligations of the newcomers. In Hungary, it never took root. Instead, settlers were accommodated legally by means of the liberties of hospites, until this stratum of external and internal migrants was absorbed into peasantry and bourgeoisie, respectively.
Confessional Coexistence in Upper Lusatia, c. 1520–1635
die Ungarns Krone stahl" translated and commented by Julia Burkhardt and Christina Lutter, with and emphasis on the connections to Sopron and Karl (Károly) Mollay (1913-1997)
készítette Flóra Ágnes; a bevezetőt írta Rüsz-Fogarasi Enikő. Transylvania Emlékeiért Tudományos Egyesület, Budapest, 2006. 304 old.