A III. András-kori alországbírói királyi jelenlét előképe Egy reformkísérlet az 1270-es évek elejéről

Abstract

In the XIIIth century Hungary, the judge royal (iudex curiae regiae, in Hungarian: 'országbíró'), being in position of judging in the name of the king, mostly arranged for a substitute, who represented him in the royal court. That is why this person, the vice-judge royal depended on him generally. But there were some short periods, between 1238–1241, 1273–1274 and 1293–1301, when the king and his supporters, balancing the political reality, tried to assign an own vice-judge royal, who was independent from the iudex curiae.
This paper now discusses in detail the period between 1273–1274, when Balduin held his vice-judge royal office under several judges royal, takes a closer look at the precise time of his term of office and the political reasons of his special status, concluding to the reasons of the downfall of this practice in the royal court.