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The birth of oppida: Small towns in Hungary in the Angevin period
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Title / Series / Name
Urban History
Publication Volume
49
Publication Issue
3
Pages
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Keywords
Hungary
Small towns
Urban history
Small towns
Urban history
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/13996
Abstract
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).
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Place of Publication
Type
Journal article
Date
2022
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Identifiers
10.1017/S0963926821000298