Medieval Buda in Context

by Brill

Overview

Medieval Buda in Context discusses the character and development of Buda and its surroundings between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries, particularly its role as a royal center and capital city of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The twenty-one articles written by Hungarian and international scholars draw on a variety of primary sources: texts, both legal and literary; archaeological discoveries; architectural history; art history; and other studies of material culture. The essays also place Buda in the political, social, cultural and economic context of other contemporary central and eastern European cities. By bringing together the results of research undertaken in recent decades for an English-language readership, this volume offers new insights into urban history and the culture of Europe as a whole.
Contributors are János M. Bak, Zoltán Bencze, Judit Benda, István Draskóczy, Antonín Kalous, István Kenyeres, Gábor Klaniczay, András Kubinyi, József Laszlovszky, Károly Magyar, Balázs Nagy, Szilárd Papp, James Plumtree, Martyn Rady, Valery Rees, Orsolya Réthelyi, Beatrix F. Romhányi, Enikő Spekner, Péter Szabó, Katalin Szende, András Vadas, András Végh, and László Veszprémy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004307681
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/16/2016
Series:	Brill's Companions to European History , #10
Pages:	578
Product dimensions:	0.63(w) x 0.94(h) x (d)

About the Author

Balázs Nagy is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and visiting faculty at the Department of Medieval Studies at the Central European University, Budapest. His main research interests are medieval economic and urban history.
Martyn Rady is Masaryk Professor of Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. He was for ten years part of the team that edited and translated the corpus of the laws of medieval Hungary together with János M. Bak.
Katalin Szende is Associate Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University, Budapest. Her research concentrates on medieval towns in the Carpathian Basin and Central Europe, with particular regard to society, demography, literacy, everyday life, and topography.
András Vadas is Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. His research interests are environmental and economic history of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

List of Figures x

List of Abbreviations xiii

Notes on Contributors xvii

Introduction 1

Part 1 Buda: History, Sources, Historiography

1 The Budapest History Museum and the Rediscovery of Medieval Buda Zoltán Bencze 25

2 The Fate of the Medieval Archives of Buda and Pest István Kenyeres 52

Part 2 Buda before Buda

3 Buda before Buda: Óbuda and Pest as Early Centers Eniko Spekner 71

4 'A castle once stood, now a heap of stones…' the Site and Remains of Obuda in Medieval Chronicles, National Epics, and Modern Fringe Theories József Laszlovszky James Plumtree 92

5 A Royal Forest in the Medium Regni Péter Szabó 115

Part 3 The Topography of Buda

6 Royal Residences in Buda in Hungarian and European Context Károly Magyar 133

7 Buda-Pest 1300 - Buda-Pest 1400. Two Topographical Snapshots András Végh 169

8 The Monastic Topography of Medieval Buda Beatrix F. Romhányi 204

9 Sacred Sites in Medieval Buda Gábor Klaniczay 229

10 Merchants, Markets, and Shops in Late Medieval Buda, Pest and Óbuda Judit Benda 255

11 Commercial Contacts of Buda along the Danube and beyond István Draskóczy 278

Part 4 Buda as a Power Center

12 The Government of Medieval Buda Martyn Rady 303

13 Diets and Synods in Buda and Its Environs János M. Bak András Vadas 322

14 Royal Summits in and around Medieval Buda Balázs Nagy 345

15 Buda, Medieval Capital of Hungary András Kubinyi 366

Part 5 Court Culture of a 'Capital'

16 Made for the King: Sigismund of Luxemburg's Statues in Buda and Their Place in Art History Szilárd Papp 387

17 The Court of the King and Queen in Buda in the Jagiellonian Age Orsolya Réthelyi 452

18 Buda as a Center of Renaissance and Humanism Valery Rees 472

Part 6 Buda beyond Buda

19 Buda: From a Royal Palace to an Assaulted Border Castle, 3490-1541 László Veszprémy 497

20 The Last Medieval King Leaves Buda Antonín Kalous 513

21 Buda and the Urban Development of East Central Europe Katalin Szende 526

Appendices 555

Select Bibliography on the History of Medieval Buda 559

Index of Geographic Names 562

Index of Personal Names 569