CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Vrucina, Petra |
|---|---|
| Title | The Role of Trust in Administering the Incomes of the Zagreb Chapter (1466-1499) |
| Summary | In Medieval Slavonia, one of the most prominent Church institutions was the Zagreb chapter. It established a complex economic system around its three land estates and other incomes such as the tithe. This thesis deals with the question of the efficiency of the administration of the incomes of the Zagreb chapter focusing on the episcopate of Bishop Oswald Túz (1466-1499) because this was the period when the bishopric was on the peak of its economic development in the Middle Ages. The research is conducted by applying the interdisciplinary method—using the concept of trust. Besides researching how the trust-relation between Oswald and King Matthias Corvinus influenced the economic system, the thesis also examines in what way the collection was impacted by the trust-relation created with the subjects, that is the tenant peasants as well as those who considered the Zagreb chapter as their religious authority. The main argument is that creating trust relations is a prerequisite for ensuring the profitability of the pre-modern economic system and that the distribution of trust and distrust can tell us much about its functioning. This latter is researched through the question of the relation between the corporate identity of the chapter and the administration of incomes; through the question of the lease of tithes; and finally, the relation of the landholding system towards the market towns. |
| Supervisor | Szende, Katalin, and Nagy, Balázs |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/vrucina_petra.pdf |
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