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Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary

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  • © 2000

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  1. Martyn Rady

    1. School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Russia and East Europe (SREE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-10

  3. The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

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    Pages 11-27

  4. Origins of the Hungarian Nobility

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    Pages 28-44

  5. Territorial Lordship

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    Pages 45-61

  6. Authentication

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    Pages 62-78

  7. Conditional Nobles

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    Pages 79-95

  8. The Kindred and the Quarter

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    Pages 96-109

  9. Familiaritas

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    Pages 110-131

  10. Offices and Honores

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    Pages 132-143

  11. Military Obligation

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    Pages 144-157

  12. Counties and Corporations

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    Pages 158-178

  13. Conclusion

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    Pages 179-182

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 183-231
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About this book

The absence in medieval Hungary of fief-holding and vassalage has often been cited by historians as evidence of Hungary's early 'deviation' from European norms. This new book argues that medieval Hungary was, nevertheless, familiar with many institutions characteristic of noble society in Europe. Contents include the origins of the Hungarian nobility and baronage, lordship and clientage, the role of the noble kindred, conditional landholding, the organization of the frontier, the administration of the counties, and the establishment of representative institutions.

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...this first reliable and scholarly English-language synthesis of Hungary's medieval institutions...will undoubtably become the standard Western work on this topic. Slavic Review

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  • School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK

    Martyn Rady

About the author

MARTYN RADY is Senior Lecturer in Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, and General Editor of the Slavonic and East European Review. His previous books include Medieval Buda (1985), Emperor Charles V (1988) and Romania in Turmoil: A Contemporary History (1992).

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