Kenyeres István (szerk.): Urbs. Magyar Várostörténeti Évkönyv XV. - Urbs 15. (Budapest, 2021)
Abstracts
Abstracts 421 with another Latin maxim of similar content (Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur), quoted from Bellum Iugurthinum (Jug 10,6), the work of the Roman historian, Caius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 B.C.) The latter text could also be read in a public place in Pozsony in the early Modem period, on the house of the Auers, a burgher family. Their house, which stood on the main square, provided accommodation for members of the Habsburg dynasty (1526/27: Queen Mária; 1637/38: King Ferdinánd III) several times. Moreover, in the middle of December 1637, the most prominent leader of the estates, Palatine Miklós Esterházy (1625-1645) ordered the delegates, who had been arguing for too long, to go and read the inscription and leam from it. Thanks to the inscriptions in Pozsony, the saying of Jesus and the maxim of Sallustius became integral parts of the political communication of the Hungarian estates for a long time. Szabolcs Serfőző The Representation of the Habsburg Rulers in the Town Halls of the Hungarian Free Royal Towns in the Early Modem Period In the wake of the tumultuous 20th century history, the traces of the Habsburg authority have mostly disappeared from the town halls of the former free royal towns. By now there is little evidence that once these buildings served as administrative offices of the burghers, who were integrated into the feudal society of the Habsburg Monarchy and were under direct royal jurisdiction. Based on the preserved relics and sources, the study aims to present through the examples of Sopron, Lőcse and Pozsony, how the Habsburg rule over the towns was reflected in the variety in the design of the fapade and interior of the town halls in the 16th—18th centuries, including the heraldic elements enriched with emblematic elements, the mottoes, the Habsburg portrait galleries, and the ceiling frescoes. Ágnes Flóra Claudiopolis vulgo Kolozsvár. The History of a Name and the Development of the Urban Identity in the Middle Ages Kolozsvár was renamed as Claudiopolis in the 16th century and naturally, it was surrounded by a legend that the town was founded by Claudius Roman Emperor himself. The name was inspired by humanism, but it rapidly took root and remained the town’s official name for centuries. The study seeks to explore the possible environment, where the name and the related legend were created; the period, when the name and legend
