In: Historický časopis, vol. 65, no. 5
Pavol Hudáček
Details:
Year, pages: 2019, 809 - 848
Language: eng
Keywords:
Kingdom of Hungary. House of Arpád. Frontier region. Bereg. Ugoča.
Royal forest. Hunting. Dynastic property. Comitatus and districtus. Comes and
procurator.
Document type: časopis
About article:
The author of this study is concerned with researching the Bereg royal estate,
which formed part of the frontier regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. In
the 11th century Bereg belonged to the great frontier county of Boržava, but formed
an independent territory within it. A separate county organization under noble control
was established in it only later. Its centre was a royal manor, where the kings
of Hungary settled people of German origin in the first half of the 13th century.
Its importance mainly lay in the fact that it was a dynastic property of the House
of Arpád at least from the 11th century. It was a part of the Carpathian mountains
dominated by forests. Members of the Arpád dynasty often went there to hunt. In
Western Europe such properties were known as forestes and the prerogatives of the
monarch prevailed there. It is very probable that forest properties of the dynasty
including Bereg were also protected by special rights of the monarch in the Kingdom
of Hungary. According to all the evidence, Bereg was a royal forest where
members of the Arpád dynasty hunted, and it had an internal organization similar
to that known from Western Europe.
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Hudáček, P. 2019. SILVA BEREG A ROYAL FOREST IN MEDIEVAL HUNGARY. In Historický časopis, vol. 65, no.5, pp. 809-848. 0018-2575. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2017.65.5.3
APA:
Hudáček, P. (2019). SILVA BEREG A ROYAL FOREST IN MEDIEVAL HUNGARY. Historický časopis, 65(5), 809-848. 0018-2575. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2017.65.5.3
About edition:
Publisher: Historický ústav SAV
Published: 30. 3. 2019