IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 517: Ruling, Administering, and Maintaining a Composite Empire: Emperor and King Sigismund of Luxemburg, 1368-1437, IV - Nobility and Crown

Tuesday 8 July 2014, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:	Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung & Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien / Institute of Historical & Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb
Organisers:	Alexandra Kaar, Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung / Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien Suzana Miljan, Institute of Historical & Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb
Moderator/Chair:	Damir Karbić, Institute of Historical & Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb
Paper 517-a	Followers and 'Enemies' of King Sigismund: Examples of the Counties of Požega, Vukovo, and Srijem (Language: English) Marija Karbić, Department of History of Slavonia, Syrmia & Baranya, Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 517-b	Unreliable Allies: Sigismund's Followers in Hussite Bohemia (Language: English) Robert Novotný, Centrum Medievistických Studií, Akademie vĕd České Republiky, Praha Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 517-c	The Autonomy of the Lesser Nobility within King Sigismund's Realm: The Case Study of the Castle-Warriors of Veliki Kalnik (Language: English) Éva B. Halász, Magyar Medievisztikai Kutatócsoport, Budapest - Szeged Index terms: Administration, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Abstract	The session concentrates on the relationship between the crown and the nobility (from the petty nobility to the aristocracy) in various parts of Sigismund's composite realm. The first paper will discuss the role of the nobility and aristocracy of Southern Hungary in the civil war between the Hungarian and the Neapolitan branch of the Angevins. The second will discuss a similar situation during the Hussite wars in Bohemia covering the most of the second part of Sigismund's rule. Opposite to these two papers, the third one will explore the relationship between the autonomy of the lesser nobility and the royal power on examples from medieval Slavonia in periods of peace.