CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Gál, Judit |
|---|---|
| Title | Hungarian Horizons in the History of the Church in Dalmatia: the Role of the Royal Grants to the Church |
| Summary | This thesis examines the complex role of the royal grants to the Church in Dalmatia during the reign of the kings from the Árpád dynasty (1102). It attempts to go beyond traditional scholarly approach of the common history of Croatia and Hungary. The thesis does not deal with only political history, but it claims to examine the royal grants in the context of the Church history, social history and history of rituals, symbolic communication and representation. In the first chapter I analyze the temporal and territorial distribution of the royal grants. The second chapter of the thesis examines the royal aspects of giving grants to the Church in Dalmatia. I point out, that the grants had not only practical, political role, but they were part of the symbolic communication between the ruler and the ruled land, made social connections and earned loyalty for the kings. In the final chapter I deal with the recipients of the grants. I emphasize that they had an active role in the process of donating, the recipients could represent themselves, the social structure of their city and earn advantages from the royal favour. In the conclusion I point out, that the grants to Church had various role in Dalmatia, both for the kings and for the cities and the kings of Hungary accommodated themselves to the social, cultural and economic changes of Dalmatia to keep the loyalty of the Dalmatian cities. |
| Supervisor | Szende, Katalin |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/gal_judit.pdf |
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