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Mendicant Economy and Estate Management in Late Medieval Hungary
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This volume offers an original, comprehensive study of the economic foundations and estate management of mendicant orders in late medieval Hungary, setting this within a broader East-Central European context. Focusing on the Franciscans, Dominicans, Austin Hermits, and Carmelites, it examines how communities devoted to apostolic poverty adapted locally through alms, landholding, and manual work. By analysing patronage, urban and rural networks, and resilience to external pressures, this book provides new perspectives on mendicant practices and the economic life of medieval society. Drawing on comparative examples and underutilised sources, it reveals how Hungary’s unusually dense mendicant presence shaped its religious and social landscape.
Beatrix F. Romhányi, Ph.D. (1997), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, is a medievalist at the Károli Gáspár University. Her research focuses on medieval church history, economic and environmental history, and regional differences. Her most recently published monograph is Pauline Economy in the Middle Ages (Brill, 2020).
1 Approaching the Economy of the Mendicant Orders
2 Mendicant Orders in East-Central Europe
1 Franciscans
2 Dominicans
3 Austin Hermits
4 Carmelites
5 Mendicants in Central and Eastern Europe
6 Mendicant Friaries and the Demography of East-Central Europe
7 The Position of Mendicant Friaries in Late Medieval Hungary
8 Settlement Network—Monastic Network
3 Mendicant Estate Management
1 Historiography
2 Sources
3 Mendicant Estates
4 Monetary Income and Benefices
4 Variations on a Theme: Alms
1 Wills, pro anima Donations
2 Monetary Donations
3 Donations in Kind
4 Zones of Quest
5 Estates as Substitutes for termini
6 The Mendicant Practice: the Hungarian Account Book of Sigismund, Duke of Poland
7 Indulgence
5 Manual Labour: Workshops and Craftspeople
6 Vitricus, Provisor, Kirchvater
1 Account Books
7 Management: Practice and Principle
1 Risks
2 Income and Expenditure
3 Loans
4 Contracts
5 The Character of Mendicant Economy
6 Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
References
Bibliography
Index
This book is intended for scholars and advanced students of medieval history, especially those interested in monasticism, economic history, and the religious landscape of Central and East-Central Europe.