Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Maps Abbreviations used for Commonly Cited Sources Introduction The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Origins of the Hungarian Nobility Territorial Lordship Authentication Conditional Nobles The Kindred and the Quarter Familiaritas Offices and Honores Military Obligation Communities and Corporations Conclusion List of Works Cited Index

Promotional Information

Martyn Rady's previous books include "Medieval Buda" (1985), "Emperor Charles V" (1988) and "Romania in Turmoil: A Contemporary History" (1992).

About the Author

MARTYN RADY is Senior Lecturer in Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, and General Editor of the Slavonic and East European Review. His previous books include Medieval Buda (1985), Emperor Charles V (1988) and Romania in Turmoil: A Contemporary History (1992).

Reviews

...this first reliable and scholarly English-language synthesis of Hungary's medieval institutions...will undoubtably become the standard Western work on this topic. Slavic Review