The Meaning of the Term ”Desertum” in the Transylvanian Document Issued by Cardinal Gregory de Santa Maria in Portico Cover Image

Despre semnificaţia termenului „desertum” in documentul referitor la Prepozitura saşilor emis de cardinalul Grigore de Sancta Maria in Portico Octaviae
The Meaning of the Term ”Desertum” in the Transylvanian Document Issued by Cardinal Gregory de Santa Maria in Portico

Author(s): Şerban Turcuş
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: documentary texts; external chanceries; terminology; lexicography;

Summary/Abstract: The earliest documentary texts regarding the Transylvanian medieval historicity give rise to numerous and intense polemics within the academic environment. Such documents, mostly products of external chanceries, specialized and extremely sensitive to the utilization of an adequate terminology, have to be studied with a special regard to the specificity of the issuing institution. The analysis of the term desertum falls into such a complex approach, as its juridical meaning opens new perspectives of historical exegesis.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2015
  • Issue No: LIV/Sup
  • Page Range: 158-174
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Romanian