Ten-lanced nobles
The ten-lanced nobles (Hungarian: tízlándzsások), also Szepes lancers or Spiš lancers, were group of conditional noblemen living in the Szepes region of the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Spiš in Slovakia).[1] They received their privileges from King Béla IV of Hungary in 1243.[2] They were obliged to equip ten knights or lancers.[3] Initially, they formed about 40 families, but their number decreased to less than 20 families by the 16th century.[4] They lost their special status in 1804.[4]
References
- ↑ Zsótér 1994, p. 393.
- ↑ Bartl et al. 2002, p. 32.
- ↑ Rady 2000, pp. 86-87.
- 1 2 Rady 2000, p. 89.
Sources
- Bartl, Július; Čičaj, Viliam; Kohútova, Mária; Letz, Róbert; Segeš, Vladimír; Škvarna, Dušan (2002). Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Slovenské Pedegogické Nakladatel'stvo. ISBN 0-86516-444-4.
- Rady, Martyn (2000). Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary. Palgrave (in association with School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London). ISBN 0-333-80085-0.
- Zsótér, Rózsa (1994). "Lándzsásnemes [Ten-lanced noble]". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc. Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th-14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. pp. 393–394. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.
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