Az erdélyi lázadó: Ákos nembéli Mojs
The Insurgent from Transylvania: Mojs of Ákos Kindred

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the political career of Mojs of Ákos kindred, who was an important actor of the political life of Transylvania in the second half of the first decade of the 14th century. After clarifying his genealogy the author identifies his estates in Kolozs and Doboka counties. As a characteristic of his struggle against king Charles I the author notices the fact that Mojs always faced the king’s armies in open battle, because he didn’t own any castles. This fact made for him impossible to strictly control a region, as the oligarchs did around their castles, but on the other hand it provided him a kind of flexibility in action. Another characteristic is the fact that he always faced Charles together with his father-in-law Kopasz of Borsa kindred. From these characteristics the author deduces that although Mojs of Ákos kindred can’t be considered an oligarch, based on the support of Borsa kindred he was able to keep his independence in the province of László Kán. His presence in Transylvania also ment that the Borsa kindred succeeded to keep a part of his influence in this region even after they had to resign from the office of the Transylvanian voivode.

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