BISKUPI A TESTAMENTY UHORSKÉHO DUCHOVENSTVA V STREDOVEKU
BISHOPS AND TESTAMENTS OF CLERGY IN THE MEDIEVAL KINGDOM OF HUNGARY
Author(s): Jaroslav NemešSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), History of Law, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: Hungary; History; Middle Ages; Testaments; Bishops; Canon Law;
Summary/Abstract: In our paper we deal with testaments of clergymen in the Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages in relation with bishops and archbishops. As the highest ranked officials of the Church, bishops represented guarantees and protectors of testamentary law of clerics. Their episcopal power became a pledge for practical exercise of their testamentary law in the kingdom. They performed tasks as witnesses, executors or they provided confirmation of last wills in higher ranks of the hierarchy. At the same time they were recipients of various testamentary messages in material, financial or spiritual forms or they formed messages of such kinds. In our paper we also analyze personal testaments of bishops and archbishops.
Journal: Studia Historica Nitriensia
- Issue Year: 24/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 322-338
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Slovak