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Nasza Przeszłość

Vol. 85 (1996): Our Past

Articles

Hungarian benefices of Polish and Silesian clergy in the 14th-1st half of the 15th centuries

  • Stanisław A. Sroka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52204/np.1996.85.75-97  [Google Scholar]
Published: 1996-06-30

Abstract

After the wedding of Elizabeth, the daughter of King Władysław the Elbow-high, with Charles Robert of Hungary in 1320, Polish-Hungarian relations entered a new phase. Members of the Piast dynasty, as well as the Polish clergy and nobility, began to move south. Thanks to the queen's favor, they were able to take up numerous positions and offices, both secular and ecclesiastical. As a consequence of Elizabeth's death in 1380, the role of the Polish element in the political and religious life of Hungary decreased, although the influx of Poles and Silesians did not stop. They eagerly entered the service of the new King of Hungary, Sigismund of Luxembourg, known for his generosity. He rewarded several clergymen with comfortable positions. The author prepared a list of 44 Polish and Silesian clergy who held church benefices in Hungary in the 14th and the first half of the 15th century. Twenty-five were of Polish origin and nineteen were from Silesia. In the 14th century, nineteen clergy received benefices, the remaining twenty-five took them over in the first half of the 15th century. The benefices were archbishoprices, bishoprics, prelatures and canonical chapters (the latter were the most numerous), as well as parishes. A total of 44 clergy joined 60 benefices in 25 towns. The most desirable offices were those in Eger and the Spiš Chapter. The author lists all the names of Polish and Silesian officials, although in some cases there is no reliable confirmation of their actual possession.

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