A szlavón várnemesek családi kapcsolatai és családi hálózata a 15. század végén és a 16. század elején

Bátoriné Halász, Éva (2024) A szlavón várnemesek családi kapcsolatai és családi hálózata a 15. század végén és a 16. század elején. TÖRTÉNELMI SZEMLE, 66 (1). pp. 23-34. ISSN 0040-9634

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Abstract

The mapping of family ties and kinship networks is not an easy task given the medieval resource endowments, mainly because fewer data on noble daughters are preserved in the sources than on sons. Often we can only guess which noble families were related to each other (by female lineage) from the landed estates of a family or from scattered records of kinship. The world of the nobles at the bottom of the noble hierarchy, however, is an ideal setting for a deeper understanding of these kinship relations and networks, and of the relationships between families. The reason for this lies in their inheritance practices, which were common in their circles and differed from those of the nobility in a few respects. Among the noble families, inheritance was basically similar to that of the nobles, the estate passed from father to son/sons, and the daughter/daughters received a quarter, which is referred to in our sources as the common quarta puellaris or quarta filialis. However, the very important and significant difference between the two groups was that the daughters of noble families usually received the quarter in kind. In the event of the death of a male or female noble without leaving a legacy, the descendants, grandchildren or great-grandchildren of the daughter’s side of the family also had a claim to her property. When someone claimed a share of an estate as a female descendant, the name of his mother or grandmother was of course included in the deed to support his claim.

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