Kenyeres István (szerk.): Urbs. Magyar Várostörténeti Évkönyv XV. - Urbs 15. (Budapest, 2021)
Abstracts
416 Abstracts function, they deserve particular attention. This special category of expenditure can be well examined based on to whom the town offered different gifts. Their frequency, value, occasionally the purpose of the gift well reflects the lobbying activity of the town. The time frame of the study makes it possible to examine statistically well analysable data series related to the theme of urban gifts. Zsolt Bogdándi Kolozsvár and the Convent of Kolozsmonostor in the Age of Principality As a result of the secularization, in Transylvania a specific institution, the office of requisitors was established to satisfy the needs of the society to issue and preserve authentic charters. Following the secularization and reorganization, the Convent became once again one of the most important charter-issuing institutions of Transylvania. After its relocation to Kolozsvár, the previously characteristically noble institution took on an “urban” character. The “letter searchers” (requisitors) were or became citizens of the town, holding important offices, and the townspeople’s confidence in the place of authentication increased. They managed their estate cases with the help of the requisitors more and more often, and the protocols of the places of authentication became real “town books”. Educated citizens of Kolozsvár had often taken a job in the nearby Kolozsmonostor since the Middle Ages. After the secularization, this practice became increasingly common; by the end of the 17th century more than half of the requisitors were citizens and officeholders of the town. Miklós Zalánkeményi, a town notary operating in the 16th century, worked for the Convent; Márton Kolozsvári, who elevated to the position of protonotarius, was elected a Centumvir; similarly, Mátyás Kövendi, who at first served the community as the director of the town, was also elected a Centumvir. The Convent’s letter searchers had relations with the Chancellery and hold significant positions. The study examines their role in the pursuit of the town’s interests. Annamária Jeney-Tóth “Our Delegates Have Been Sent to the Diet of Fejárvár”. Thoughts about the Representation of the Town of Kolozsvár at the National Assemblies in the Rákoczi-era Kolozsvár was one of the walled towns of the Transylvanian Principality, classified among the free royal towns of the medieval Hungarian Kingdom. The study examines how the town could promote its interests at the Diets, summoned between 1630 and 1660, and how the changes affected the townspeople during the national assemblies.
