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The Oligarchs and the King in Medieval Slavonia, 1301-1342

This paper investigates the power struggles between Charles I, the King of Hungary- Croatia, and the oligarchical factions led by the Babonić and the Kőszegi kindreds in medieval Slavonia in the period between 1301 and 1342. The paper follows a chronological line and looks at the different strategies for maintaining and extending power that these political actors employed at various stages, and it examines how their decisions reflected the perceived power relations and impulses for wealth preservation. A comparison of these practices opens the possibility of reaching more general conclusions about the nature of these power struggles, while the theoretical insight provided by Jeffrey Winters on oligarchy serves as a framework for different approach to these issues. In the end, this opens the door to a potential reconsideration of these struggles through a different conceptualisation of the phenomenon of loyalty.

oligarchs, Slavonia, Charles I, Babonići

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