Levéltári Közlemények, 63. (1992)

Levéltári Közlemények, 63. (1992) 1–2. - Jakó Zsigmond: Az erdélyi vajdák kinevezéséről / 71–83. o.

Az erdélyi vajdák kinevezéséről 83 abgelegt hat. In dieser Epoche entschied immer der augenblickliche Stand der politischen Kraftverhältnisse zwischen dem Herrscher und den Machtgruppierungen im Lande, wer an die Spitze Siebenbürgens kam. Die betroffenen Siebenbürger konnten kaum in diesen Prozess mitsprechen, sie haben das nur in der Mitte des 16. Jahrhundert, gegen den fremden König versucht. ON THE NOMINATION OF THE VOIVODES OF TRANSYLVANIA Zsigmond Jakó Among the contemporary tasks of Transylvanian Hungárián historical research are the objective presentation of new results and different points of view for both Hungarian and Románián historiography, and more effective collaboration in the disclosure of sources. Hungarian researchers — unlike Románián ones — have not sought to determine the origins of the Transylvanian voivodate, but the actual function of this institution. The present article also fits this latter category, examining the selection of the voivodes themselves. Very few documents directly concerning the nomination of high-level officials in medieval Hungary, or more precisely official reports concerning this nomination, have been preserved. Three such documents concerning the nomination of a voivode before 1526 are known, thus it is also useful to examine two such documents from the period after the Mohács battle (1526), as well. As in the case of the other high-level positions, only the king had the right to nominate the voivode. The voivode received word of his appointment orally, the Szekler and Saxon leaders were informed of the nomination, and estates whose income went to the voivode, and larger cities were also informed. As proof of his nomination for the illiterate, he probably received a flag from the king when he took the oath of office before him. Throughout this era, the political power relations of the ruler and the other political groupings at a particular moment determined who would become the leader of Transylvania. The Transylvanians themselves appear to have had little to say about this process, and only in the mid-sixteenth, when a foreigner became king, did they attempt to change this.