The castle folk ( Hungarian: várnép, Latin: castrenses or civis) [1] formed a class of freemen, in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, who were obliged to provide well-specified services to a royal castle and its ispán, or count. [2] [3] They were peasants living in villages formed in the lands pertaining to the royal castle [4] and tilled their estates collectively. [4]
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The castle folk ( Hungarian: várnép, Latin: castrenses or civis) [1] formed a class of freemen, in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, who were obliged to provide well-specified services to a royal castle and its ispán, or count. [2] [3] They were peasants living in villages formed in the lands pertaining to the royal castle [4] and tilled their estates collectively. [4]
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