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Životní úroveň na dvoře tyrolských Menhartovců. Příspěvek k poznání středověkých účetních pramenů
| Title in English | The living standard at the Tirolean court of the Meinhardiner. A contribution to the knowledge of medieval accounting sources |
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica |
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| Web | Open access časopisu |
| Field | History |
| Keywords | middle ages; counts of Tyrol; Henry of Carinthia; royal representation; princely court; accounting deeds |
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| Description | The article aims to evaluate the standard of the court of the Meinhardiner dynasty of Tirol at the turn of the 13th and 14th century by exploring the evidence of the Tirolean Books of Accounts. At first, the base of sources is sketched from various points of view, followed by an analysis of selected official documents illuminating the personal and material conditions in the close entourage of the ruling Meinhardiner dynasty. Among the inventories produced by the Tirolean princely chancellery there is a list of the Tirolean “Familia” (familia domus in Tirol), which is at the center of our attention, because it describes, though not entirely precisely, the structure of the princely household living in the residence castle of Tirol in the 1290’s. Not only a vide circle of ca 120 persons employed in the services of the territorial lord brought splendour and prestige to the court, but generous cultural investments as well. And as a result of favourable circumstances a detailed structure of expenses is at our disposal thanks to the list of the jewels pawned by Henry of Carinthia in 1326 and thanks to the estate inventories of the brothers Otto of Carinthia (+1310) and Henry of Carinthia (+1335). Therefore, Tirolean accounting sources seem to be worth furter studying. |
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