CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Nekic, Antun |
|---|---|
| Title | Oligarchs, King and Local Society: Medieval Slavonia 1301-1343 |
| Summary | In 1301 the ability of the king to exert some kind of authority in medieval Slavonia reached its nadir, and the royal power was replaced by that of the oligarchs: the Babonići and the Kőszegi kindreds completely controlled medieval Slavonia. However, in the next three decades Charles Robert managed to establish effective royal control and the power of these two kindreds was crushed to a large degree. The aim of the thesis was to analyze this process from several perspectives. First of all, various strategies that the oligarchs and the king employed in the different stages of these power struggles were analyzed. Secondly, the interaction between the oligarchs and the king with the local society was investigated. Focus was especially placed on the question of loyalty. It was argued that the oligarchs managed to create closed system of service, mostly visible in the phenomenon of multi-generational service. The task to crack this system was entrusted to Nicholas Felsőlendvai and Mikac of the Ákos kindred, whom Charles Robert installed in the office of the ban after 1323, and whose power rose with that of their lord. This task was done through the various grants given by these two bans or through their patronage that lead to the royal court. Finally, the examination of the last segment, that is the possibility of local nobility to reach the royal court, revealed different mechanism of integration of medieval Slavonia (locality) and the court (center) in the fourteenth century. |
| Supervisor | Szende, Katalin |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/nekic_antun.pdf |
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