The Society of the Residence of the Transylvanian Princes in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century
The Society of the Residence of the Transylvanian Princes in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century
Author(s): Emőke GálfiSubject(s): 16th Century
Published by: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Történettudományi Intézet
Keywords: princely estate; society of market towns; secularization; urban government; Gyulafehérvár (Alba Iulia / Weissenburg)
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to present the society of the town of Gyulafehérvár (Alba Iulia / Weissenburg) in the fifty years following the secularization of the holdings of the Church. The transformation of the episcopal estate into a princely domain brought a number of changes in the life of the settlement, such as the reorganization of its government and the acquisition of legal and economical privileges. In the period of the Báthory princes (1571–1602), the town was again transformed to meet newly arisen needs.
Journal: The Hungarian historical review : new series of Acta Historica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 7/2018
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 760-784
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English