Ünnepségek, palotások és mesterek a Jagelló-kori királyi udvarban [Festivals, Courtiers and Masters at the Hungarian Royal Court under Wladislas II and Louis II Jagiellon] (original) (raw)

Between 1490—1526, numerous spectacular events–solemn entries, feasts, banquets and tournaments–were held at the Hungarian Royal Court under the rule of Wladislas II and later Louis II Jagiellon. The occasions for these events included coronations, weddings, diplomatic meetings, diets, church festivals and so forth, e. g. the wedding of Anne de Foix and Wladislas II and the coronation of the new queen consort in Székesfehérvár (Alba Regia) and Buda in 1502, or the Feast of the Corpus Christi in Buda in 1495, 1501, 1525, and 1526. Present study examines the organization process of the court festivals within the royal household, based on the Court’s preserved account books from 1494–1495 and 1525—1526, as well as other archive materials from the period. The analysis of the primary sources sheds new light on the workings of the Jagiellonian court during the festivities. One group of the courtiers, called aulicus and cubicularius, played a prime role there as organizers, participants and commissioners of the needed accessories. The purchased cloths, costumes, flags, banners, tournament equipment and ephemeral decorations were prepared by a lot of artists and artisans. The commissioned masters as painters–e. g. Hans Krell, the court painter of King Louis II–, sculptors, lace-makers, tailors, goldsmiths and so on were, on the one hand, employees of the Court, on the other, members of city guilds.