Petar Tarnok od Mačkaša (de Machkas), kapetan Senjske kapetanije (1486. – 1492.)
Peter Tharnok of Măcicaş (de Machkas), Captain of the Captaincy of Senj (1486-1492)

Author(s): Vedran Klaužer
Subject(s): Military history, Social history, Military policy, 15th Century
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: the Captaincy of Senj; 15th century; noble family of Măcicaş (de Machkas); King Matthias Corvinus; Captain of Senj;
Summary/Abstract: On the basis of the works of the Romanian historian Adrian Magina as well as on the basis of published and unpublished archival sources, the author presents in this article an overview of activities of Peter Tarnok of Machkas, a lesser nobleman of Romanian origin who performed the duty of the Captain of Senj from 1486 until 1492. Because the activities of aforementioned Captain of Senj as well as his family background and origin are not sufficiently researched in the Croatian historiography, author first brings the family-tree of the Machkas family, an overview of their estates and description of activities of family members. In the main part of the article author gives an overview of the activities of Peter Tarnok of Machkas when he performed the duty of the captain of Senj and the overview of the fortresses which he had governed in the time of King Matthias Corvinus, his illegitimate son John Corvinus and King Vladislas II the Jagellonian. In the whole time period of Peter’s performing the duty of the captain of Senj it is obvious that he, according to the duty, received various estates and certain incomes attached to this duty, with which he had to finance his officials and soldiers on the territory of the Captaincy. In the same way it is visible that Peter as captain of Senj, besides certain incomes in the city of Senj, had little influence in the city administration because the citizen were protected by the rules written in the Statute of Senj which was confirmed time and again by every ruler. According to that, Peter Tarnok had higher administrative authority in the territory of the Captaincy especially in solving administrative matters for the inhabitants of various districts. In addition, author describes the estates that Peter Tarnok received as an award for his loyal service to various aforementioned rulers, as well as his rapid advancement in career showing that Peter is an great example of the achieving higher social level by performing the duties for the rulers which is especially the trend in the time of King Matthias Corvinus.

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