Two parishes in medieval Miskolc (Hungary): Old Town and New Town of Miskolc between 14th and 16th century
Two parishes in medieval Miskolc (Hungary): Old Town and New Town of Miskolc between 14th and 16th century
Author(s): Éva GyulaiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Christian Theology and Religion, History, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Cultural history, History of Church(es), Geography, Regional studies, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Keywords: Market town; Topography; Church history; Medieval parish; King St. Stephen; Holy Virgin Mary; Cotters;
Summary/Abstract: Market towns’ privileges and their system of self-government and administration were similar to the free royal cities. In the late 14th century, Miskolc doubled in size, besides the „Old Town“, the „New Town“ was first mentioned in 1376, with its own weekly fairs and administration, even with a separate parish. The parish church of the New Town, first mentioned in one of the Pope’s deeds in 1445, bore the name of the Holy Virgin Mary as its title. The fact that a cotters’ street or quarter came into being next to the church of the New Town indicates the independence of the New Town and its parish, similarly to the Old Town. The separation of the Old Town and the New Town was a medieval phenomenon, however the dual centres did not survive the Middle Ages, as Miskolc was burnt down by the Turkish troops in 1544. On the ruins of the former parish, a new baroque monastery of the Conventual Franciscans (Minorites) was built in 1720s, and a Minorite scribe made a small drawing in the protocol of the convent showing the outline of the medieval church.
Journal: The City and History (Mesto a dejiny until 2019)
- Issue Year: 3/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 34-47
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English