Diaconescu, Marius (szerk.): Mediaevalia Transilvanica 1998 (2. évfolyam, 1. szám)
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38 Marius Diaconescu Compared to the Banate of Severin, which was previously constituted, during the 13th century, the Făgăraş duchy, Southern Transylvanian territory, was created only in the context of the suzerain-vassal relations with the Wallachian ruler. There is one piece of information that can be found to confirm our assumption. In 1372, when he issued a donation document, Vladislav called himself, among others "duke of the newly founded land of Făgăraş" (dux nove plantacionis terre Fugaras)2m. The Romanian translators of the document made an error when they wrote, "duke of the newly acquired land of Făgăraş"208 209. The adequate meaning of the word "plantaciones" in this context is the freshly created one, founded instead of acquired. The Hungarian historians unreasonably claim that the use of this term is a proof of the colonisation of the Romanian population brought from the south of the Carpathians to Făgăraş, which would have been implemented by the Romanian voivode210. The statements of the Hungarian historians are exaggerated, being caused by the immigration theses. In the 13th century, this region was called “terra Blachorum”, a proof of the existence of the Romanian peoples. The Făgăraş land, known in the previous documents as a country of the Romanians, was not previously organised as a duchy. This was especially created for the vassal voivodes of Wallachia. This duchy from the south of Transylvania, made up of around 25 villages and boroughs, most of them Romanian, was organised in this administrative form in the context of Louis I's reform of the system of suzerain-vassal relationships. The Romanian voivodes' ruling over these territories was not complete, as it was inner their country. It was only a commissioned position. The voivodes were the rulers of estates the main owner of which was still the king. The character of the Romanian voivodes' governments in Făgăraş is emphasised in the circumstance of a donation made by Vladislav. The voivode offered a borough and four villages from the Făgăraş land to knight Ladislau of Dăbâca "from our lord, the king, and from us" (ex parte domini noştri regis et noştri)2". The voivode mentions that he made the donation during the period in which he was a subject of the Hungarian king (cum eramus in gratia copiosa domini noştri Lodvici). He asks king Louis, his lawful lord, and his successors, "to confirm and sanction our letter and to confirm and settle our donation..."212. The mention of the fact that the donation was made during the period of obedience, not during the rebellion, to the suzerain king, aims at confirming the full and indisputable character of the donation document. The appeal to the king for confirming the donation, as well as mentioning the fact that it came from the king - primarily -, and from the voivode - secondarily - proves the character of the 208 Ibidem, p. 103. 209 Ibidem, p. 104. 210 Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9.-14. század), Főszerkesztő: Gy. Kristó, Budapest, 1994, p. 221. 211 DRH. D.,Í pp. 103-105. 212 Ibidenv. ..... Quare supplicamns serenissirno domino nostro Lodovico, illustri regi Ungarie. domino nostro naturali, eiusque successoribus, quatenus litteras nostra presentes in vigore suo confirment et corroborent el donacionem nostram..
