Castle folk (Kingdom of Hungary)

The castle folk (Hungarian: várnép, Latin: castrenses or civis)[1] formed a class of freemen who were obliged to provide well-specified services to a royal castle and its ispán, or count, in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.[2][3] They were peasants living in villages formed in the lands pertaining to the royal castle.[4] They tilled their estates collectively.[4]

Origins

Status

Their transformation
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References
  1. Zsoldos 1994, pp. 716.
  2. Curta 2006, p. 401.
  3. Rady 2000, p. 19.
  4. Engel 2001, p. 70.

Sources
  • Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89452-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rady, Martyn (2000). Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary. Palgrave. ISBN 0-333-80085-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Zsoldos, Attila (1994). "várnép". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc (eds.). Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 716. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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