Abstract (may include machine translation)
The study presents medieval Buda and its agglomeration in the context of Central European
royal and princely seats, using four analytical categories of primarily topographical nature:
natural endowments, site selection, ground plan, and centrality in terms of secular and
ecclesiastical institutions, pointing out both common traits and individual features. The
framework of comparison deliberately goes beyond the limits of Prague and Cracow as the
traditional points of reference both westwards and eastwards, since the author believes that
the development of Buda is put in a sharper relief by comparing it with Silesian and Austrian
cities as well as with princely seats in Moldavia, Wallachia, Serbia, and Bosnia. Due to its
geopolitical location, the capital of medieval Hungary acted as a link towards the urban
development of polities both to the East and South of the kingdom. A common trait in the
region was the fact that monarchs supported urbanisation and ecclesiastical institutions in
cities with the purpose of strengthening their power, but there were significant differences
as to how much this was tied to the liberties of the civic population.
royal and princely seats, using four analytical categories of primarily topographical nature:
natural endowments, site selection, ground plan, and centrality in terms of secular and
ecclesiastical institutions, pointing out both common traits and individual features. The
framework of comparison deliberately goes beyond the limits of Prague and Cracow as the
traditional points of reference both westwards and eastwards, since the author believes that
the development of Buda is put in a sharper relief by comparing it with Silesian and Austrian
cities as well as with princely seats in Moldavia, Wallachia, Serbia, and Bosnia. Due to its
geopolitical location, the capital of medieval Hungary acted as a link towards the urban
development of polities both to the East and South of the kingdom. A common trait in the
region was the fact that monarchs supported urbanisation and ecclesiastical institutions in
cities with the purpose of strengthening their power, but there were significant differences
as to how much this was tied to the liberties of the civic population.
Translated title of the contribution | The place of Buda in the urban development of Central Europe |
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Original language | Hungarian |
Pages (from-to) | 843-872 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Századok |
Volume | 157 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - 2023 |