By analyzing the correspondence of Lucas Pistaki, an early modern Transylvanian procurator with the townmagistrate of Bistrița (Beszterce, Bistritz/Nösen) between 1567 and 1595 the study brings new data on the judicial ...

The study focuses on the role of the council of the hundred – the principal legislating and governmental forum of the city – in the judicial activity of Kolozsvár/Cluj during the time of the Transylvanian Principality. ...

Between 1599 and 1637 a thirtieth customs office operated in Cluj, it’s registers being one of the most important and detailed sources concerning the commercial activity of both the town of Cluj, Transylvania as well as ...

The two inquisitors of the town (inquisitores malefactorum ) are mentioned for the first time in the judicial protocols of the town in 1584, but the first regulation of their activities dates from March 1587. The establishment ...