Kancellária és történetírás a 14. századi Magyarországon
Chancellery and History Writing in 14th-Century Hungary. A Survey of Research History

Summary/Abstract: Due to the investigations of Elemér Mályusz, the close connection between chancellery literacy and history writing in medieval Hungary is a well-established fact in Hungarian medieval studies. With an emphasis on the reigns of Charles I and Louis I (1301–1382), the present paper surveys those results of the research that concern the relationship between the charters and the narrative sources. By way of some examples, the author demonstrates the extent to which diplomatic practice (i.e. the writing of charters) influenced contemporary chronicle literature, then presents the narrative parts of the letters of privilege which emanated from the chancelleries of the Angevin rulers. These – sometimes quite long – noble histories, embedded in a legal context, can indeed be regarded as pieces of historical construction.

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