Pakó, László (2025) Defending the Town’s Interest. The Council of the Centumviri and the Administration of Justice in Early Modern Cluj. In: Towns between Empires. Good Governance and “Police” in Case Studies from Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia, 1500s-1800s. CEU Press, Budapest–Vienna–New York, pp. 33-50.
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Abstract
The study focuses on the role of the Council of the Hundred in the judicial activity of Cluj during the time of the Transylvanian Principality. The utilized primary sources—town protocols and tax registers—diverge from existing scholarship and show that in certain cases, despite the regulations, the Council of the Hundred did supervise judicial cases which involved other officeholders. Moreover, the centumvirate could overrule previous judges with the aim of preserving the privileges that granted free judicial practice to the town and preventing the interference of other municipalities. There was no conflict between the centumviri and the inner council, but rather a cooperation between the two governing bodies in order to conserve the town’s self-governance and independent judicial control.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Council of the Hundred, centumviri, Cluj, inner council, sixteenth century, town autonomy |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában D History General and Old World / történelem > D3 Mediaeval History / középkor története D History General and Old World / történelem > D4 Modern History / új- és legújabb kor története |
| Depositing User: | László Pakó |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2025 09:18 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2025 09:18 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/219840 |
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