In this paper, my main aim is to present the status of the canons of the provostry
of Arad
as much as it is possible on the basis of primary sources during the reign of King
Matthias
between 1458 and 1490. Naturally, I rely on original sources, mainly charters. First
of all,
I make efforts to present the tendencies regarding the work of canons’ carriers in
Arad.
Secondly, I discuss the social background more precisely, the socio-economic status
of
clerics. Hopefully, this study will be able to give an accurate picture of the structure
of
dignitaries as well as add some important details one those people who possessed these
stalls. After the highlighted clerics, I present the canons who had the simple stalls,
and
finally, I examine the priests of the choir. In the last part of my work, the social
backgrounds
will be presented by separate analyses of the different groups of ecclesiastical society
specifying the proportions of each group within the whole.
