A püspöki és káptalani tizedjog viszonya a középkori erdélyi egyházmegyében
Distribution of Episcopal and Chapter Tithes in the Medieval Transylvanian Diocese

Summary/Abstract: The secondary literature unanimously states, regarding the distribution of the tithes among the holders in Hungary, that three-quarters of the tithe of each settlement went to the diocesan bishop, while the remaining quarter (quarta) was shared in various proportions between the cathedral chapter and the local parish priest. The present study aims to demonstrate, through hundreds of sources, that a different system prevailed in the Diocese of Transylvania. Here, tithes were not distributed vertically but horizontally between the two parties: in most places, they were indeed paid to the bishop, but in certain regions (on their own estates and in the archdeaconries of Hunyad/Hunedoara and Küküllő/Târnava, as well) they were paid to the chapter instead, while the quarta appears to have been in the hands of a third party, the local archdeacon.

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