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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 617: Ruling, Administering, and Maintaining a Composite Empire: Emperor and King Sigismund of Luxemburg, 1368-1437, V - Finances and War

Tuesday 8 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

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:Martyn Rady, School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University College London
Paper 617-aThe Hungarian Pledges and Sigismund of Luxemburg's Wars
(Language: English)
János Incze, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Index terms: Administration, Economics - General, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 617-bSigismund of Luxemburg's Pledge Policy in Bohemia, 1420-1437
(Language: English)
Stanislav Bárta, Regesta Imperii Branch Office / Department of History, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Index terms: Administration, Economics - General, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 617-cTrade and Crusade: Sigismund and the Trade-Ban against Hussite Bohemia
(Language: English)
Alexandra Kaar, Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung / Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien
Index terms: Crusades, Economics - Trade, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 617-dTrade War of King Sigismund against Venice
(Language: English)
Martin Štefanik, Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava
Index terms: Administration, Economics - General, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract

The session discusses the correlation between Sigismund's financial policy and the war(s) he conducted. As means of providing finances, pledging of castles, counties, and cities by the crown to individuals (mostly members of the high aristocracy) had a particular role. The first paper will discuss cases from Hungary, while the second one focuses on the Bohemian practice. The third paper will deal with the economic isolation of Bohemia during the Hussite wars caused by the canonical ban of trade and commerce proclaimed as a corollary of the first anti-Hussite crusade in 1420.