A Noble Meeting in Torda in the 1410s. When and Why?
A Noble Meeting in Torda in the 1410s. When and Why?

Summary/Abstract: The study is concerned with the question of when and what historical events could have led to the letter written by István Upori, the bishop of Transylvania, Miklós Csáki, the voivode of Transylvania and Mihály Nádas(di), the count of the Székelys (comes Siculorum), in Torda (Turda, ROM), on the Monday following Oculi Sunday in a certain year. In this letter, the three leaders informed the Transylvanian Saxons that, after a meeting with the Transylvanian nobles in Torda, they had decided to mobilise part of the nobility and peasantry, and that they too should arm themselves and prepare for the king’s service. According to the dignity of the letter-writers, the source could have been written in the five years between 1415 and 1419, but a more precise dating of the letter was possible for the reasons explained in detail in the study: the meeting in the town of Torda was called in mid-March 1416 and the decisions taken there were written to the Saxons on 23 March 1416.

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