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Hungarian Diet Reforms
In the 1440s, under the dual pressures of civil war and foreign threats, the Hungarian Diet (Országgyűlés) greatly expanded its power, establishing a…
Timeline
- 1440Buda · HungaryAfter the death of Albert V, conflict erupted between the Diet and Queen Elizabeth over the succession of the young king Ladislaus V; the double coronation split the noble factions, and parliament became the core arena for adjudicating disputes over royal authority.
- 1445–1446Pest · HungaryThe Diet elected a seven-member regency council to govern the kingdom, curbing the power of the young king Ladislaus V's mother, and authorized John Hunyadi to serve as one of the regents, marking the establishment of a collective aristocratic regency system.
- 1447–1448Szeged · HungaryThe Diet passed resolutions regulating noble military service and border-defense taxes, confirmed the boundaries of the great nobles' tax-exempt privileges, and coordinated methods of financing the war against the Ottomans, strengthening the legislative function of the estates parliament.
Sources
- The Kingdom of Hungary and the Habsburg Monarchy in the Sixteenth Century — Géza Pálffy (2009)
- Hunyadi: Legend and Reality — Pál Engel (2001)