Two Unknown Documents about the Events of 1514 from Transylvania Cover Image

Két eddig ismeretlen oklevél az erdélyi 1514-es eseményekről
Two Unknown Documents about the Events of 1514 from Transylvania

Author(s): Károly Vekov
Subject(s): Military history, 16th Century
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: Transylvania; peasant revolt; destruction of documents; nova donatio

Summary/Abstract: By presenting two, so far unpublished documents from the time of the Dózsa-rebellion, the author draws attention on two new Transylvanian localities where peasant revolts also took place in 1514. The mentioned properties are Leorinţ (Lőrincréve) and Meşcreac (Megykerék) from Alba county, both of them being in the properties of the altars of Saint Stephan, Saint Ladislaus and Prince Emeric and the Transfiguration of Christ in the cathedral of Alba Iulia, and thus both were ensuring the incomes of the altars. But, because the documents referring to the original donation of the two domains have been destroyed during the peasant uprise in 1514, the two above-presented documents are two new donation (nova donatio) diplomas, when the king re-issued the owners’ rights over the properties, along with the royal rights.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: III
  • Page Range: 245-251
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian