New Interpretations of the Concepts Regarding Familiars and Possession in Angevin Hungary during the Early 14th Century
New Interpretations of the Concepts Regarding Familiars and Possession in Angevin Hungary during the Early 14th Century
Author(s): Mihai SaftaSubject(s): History, History of ideas, Political history, Middle Ages
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: familiars; possession; medieval law; Transylvania; Charles Robert; Anjou; rights of possession; 14th century Anjou Hungary
Summary/Abstract: This article surveys the evolution and the creation of the royal household during the first decades of the reign of Charles Robert of Anjou. Following the brief presentation of the legal background of the chancellery we present the two main concepts, familiars and possession, and the effects of the civil war with the nobles, all the while considering and presenting the influences from two important Angevin-run regions: England and Sicily. We bring arguments against the concept of familiares regis as an original and regional concept, seeing it rather as an imported and adapted institution, displaying the influences and mutations suffered under the rule of the first Angevin king.
Journal: Transylvanian Review
- Issue Year: XXVI/2017
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 96-105
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English