Megállapodás Vilmos, Aquitania hercege és Hugó chiliarchus között. Egy egyedülálló szöveg a 11. századi Franciaországból
Agreement between William, Duke of Aquitaine, and Hugh the Chiliarch: A Unique Text from 11-Century France

Summary/Abstract: The Conventum inter Guillelmum Aquitanorum comitem et Hugonem Chiliarchum is a 342 lines long, anonymously written source narrating the relationship of Hugh IV, lord of Lusignan, and William V, duke of Aquitaine, from the former’s viewpoint in a Latin which shows strong vernacular infl uence. It has been frequently commented on in the debate on the „feudal transformation” of French society around the year 1000, due to the circumstances that it shows little resemblance to contemporary sources in its topic, as well as in its form and language. Its depiction of vassality is radically different from the model drawn by educated authors as Fulbert of Chartres or Ademar of Chabannes, and offers an alternative notion of authority and of the inner dynamics of feudal society, namely that of the lower stratum of the political elite (represented in the narrative by Hugh and his adversaries). As such, it is a unique source on medieval political thinking, and while it has multiple English and French translations, no Hungarian translation has been previously made. This paper aims to fi ll this gap, and it also contains a new translation of Fulbert of Chartres’ letter on vassality.

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