Trust, authority, and the written word in the Royal towns of medieval Hungary
| Titel: | Trust, authority, and the written word in the Royal towns of medieval Hungary / Katalin Szende |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: | [Turnhout] : Brepols, [2018] |
| Umfang: | XX, 416 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Utrecht studies in medieval literacy ; 41 |
| ISBN: | 2503578810 ; 9782503578811 ; 9782503578828 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- Acknowledgements
- p. ix
- Abbreviations
- p. xi
- List of Figures and Tables
- p. xv
- Introduction
- p. 1
- On This Volume
- p. 1
- Trust and Authority
- p. 5
- Literate Mentalities
- p. 16
- European Frameworks
- p. 20
- 1
- Setting the Scene
- p. 25
- Whose Literacy? Urban Development and Urban Society in Medieval Hungary
- p. 25
- Pragmatic Approaches to Pragmatic Literacy
- p. 44
- Sources and Scholarship
- p. 49
- 2
- In the First-Person Plural: Civic Literacy and Communal Identity
- p. 61
- Royal Charters and Urban Identity
- p. 62
- The Beginnings of Civic Literacy
- p. 67
- Civic Literacy and Places of Authentication
- p. 72
- Formulae and Community
- p. 84
- The Municipal Seal: The Matrix of Identity
- p. 87
- Communal Concerns: The Contents of Early Municipal Documents
- p. 107
- Conclusions: Trust in Charters
- p. 115
- 3
- From Charters to Books and Back
- p. 121
- The Institutionalisation of Writing Offices
- p. 121
- Municipal Books as Instruments of Civic Governance
- p. 134
- The Material of Town Books: The Use of Paper in Administration
- p. 140
- The Contents of Municipal Books: Thematic Differentiation
- p. 148
- Misceliancous Books
- p. 149
- Financial Registers
- p. 157
- Court Books and Judicial Administration
- p. 164
- Municipal Books for Property Administration
- p. 176
- Town Books and Testamentary Practice
- p. 181
- Outlook 1
- The Beginnings of Pragmatic Literacy in Craft Guilds
- p. 185
- Outlook 2
- Town Chronicles and Municipal Literacy
- p. 189
- Conclusions: Trust in Municipal Books
- p. 197
- 4
- Language and Literacy
- p. 203
- Language on the Research Agenda
- p. 203
- Why Not Monolingual?
- p. 206
- Areas of Urban Life Where Language Became an Issue
- p. 218
- Administration and Justice
- p. 218
- External Relations
- p. 223
- Trade and Accounting
- p. 225
- Pastoral Care and Preaching
- p. 229
- Medieval Urban Language Use in the Light of Sociolinguistic Research
- p. 234
- Conclusions: Trust in Language
- p. 244
- 5
- "in cartula scribere faciat" - The Uses of Writing between Christians and Jews
- p. 249
- Legislation on Jews and Literacy - A Chronological Overview
- p. 250
- Records of Urban Administration as Sources on Jewish-Christian Coexistence
- p. 259
- Normative Legislation - Local Statutes
- p. 259
- Administering Justice
- p. 262
- Real Estate and Moneylending
- p. 266
- Conclusions: Trust in Writing between Christians and Jews
- p. 279
- 6
- From Charters to Archives
- p. 287
- Variations on Archives
- p. 288
- The Advent and Advantage of Civic Archives: Storage and Safekeeping
- p. 292
- Binding Records: The Example of Sopron
- p. 306
- Using Civic Archives
- p. 314
- Conclusions: Trust in Archives
- p. 318
- Final Conclusions
- p. 323
- Appendices
- p. 335
- Appendix 1
- Gazetteer of Names of Towns in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary Discussed in the Book
- p. 336
- Appendix 2
- Regnal Years of the Kings of Medieval Hungary
- p. 339
- Appendix 3
- Documents Issued by Civic Authorities in Hungary, (1244) 1255-1305
- p. 340
- Appendix 4
- Earliest Mentioning of Municipal Notaries (up to 1400)
- p. 352
- Appendix 5
- The Earliest Preserved Charters of Bishops' Towns (Issued by the Municipality)
- p. 357
- Appendix 6
- Municipal Books Started before 1500
- p. 359
- Bibliography
- p. 365
- Index
- p. 407
