Secular, ecclesiastic and urban institutions in some towns of the Danube–Tisza–Maros region in the middle ages
Secular, ecclesiastic and urban institutions in some towns of the Danube–Tisza–Maros region in the middle ages

Summary/Abstract: Between the beginning of the 14th and the middle of the 16th century, Temesvár (today: Timişoara in Romania) was one of the most significant towns and castles of the region bordered by the south–eastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain (Nagy Alföld), the rivers Maros, Tisza and Al-Duna (the Lower-Danube) and historic Transylvania. After the expulsion of the Ottoman Turks between 1716 and 1718, this area was organised by the Viennese Court into a border/buffer zone with the name banatus Temesiensis/Temesvariensis (Temescher/Temesvarer Banat, i.e. Temesi bánság in Hungarian). From the early 18th century on, the region was frequently referred to as Bánát (in Hungarian) or Banat (in German, Serbian and Romanian), clearly from the German word Banat (banate in English). However, it is important to stress that the terms Bánát and banatus Temesiensis (banate of Temes) were not used in the Middle Ages, for the simple reason that this political and administrative formation was created only in the early 18th century.

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