Buda helye Közép-Európa középkori városfejlődésében

Translated title of the contribution: The place of Buda in the urban development of Central Europe

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    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.
    Translated title of the contributionThe place of Buda in the urban development of Central Europe
    Original languageHungarian
    Pages (from-to)843-872
    Number of pages30
    JournalSzázadok
    Volume157
    Issue number5
    StatePublished - 2023

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