Kenyeres István (szerk.): Urbs. Magyar Várostörténeti Évkönyv XVI. - Urbs 16. (Budapest, 2022)
Abstracts
Abstracts 469 and 1854, and how they arrived at the treaty. To reconstruct the process, a systematic review of the archival sources of the relevant years was necessary, including the records of the county governor, the mayor, the archbishop, and the Cathedral Chapter. In addition, to put the event in a broader context, I will attempt to compare the situation in Eger with contracts concluded in municipalities with a similar legal status, in order to see how advantageous the contract of serfdom redemption of Eger was. László Szabolcs Gulyás From a Vineyard to Canon Law The Hegyalja Vineyard-Trial of the Town of Bártfa (1486-1496) In the late Middle Ages, both the citizens of Bártfa and the community of the town owned numerous vineyards in the settlements of the later Hegyalja. Their collectively owned urban vineyards were cultivated under the supervision of vinitors in a well-established system, the costs of which were financed from the municipal budget. The wine thus produced was sold partly to regional and Polish wine merchants, and partly consumed by the local people themselves. Their most expensive vineyard was purchased in early 1486 from a noble family of Liptó origin, the Kispalugyai family. The price of the vineyard was horrendous, around 1000 Forints, unprecedented in the region at the end of the Middle Ages. However, the vineyard was not in their possession for long, as a citizen of Kassa, György Swarcz, later known as a member of the magistrate, claimed the pre-emption right to the property in the same year. His action led to 10 years of judicial litigation before secular and ecclesiastical courts: the first stage before the Palatine, the second before the papal legate Angelo Pecchinoli, and the last before papal delegated judges. During these years, the monumental trial was one of the most important events in the history of Bártfa and it also played an important role in the daily life of the burghers. Thanks to this, the litigation is very well documented, with more than 80 documents reporting on developments. These were of different types: in addition to the traditional litigation documents, there is a wide variety of documents available for study, ranging from missiles to economic accounts and various records. This paper attempts to trace the history of the trial in its broad outlines, showing how the people of Bártfa managed the unusual court case and how methodically and carefully they proceeded.