The udvornici, also udvarniks or royal serving people ( Hungarian: udvarnokok, Slovak: dvorníci), [1] was a class of half-free people who were obliged to provide well-specified services to the royal court in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. [2] [3] They seem to have been descended from the Slavic population which was subjugated during the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin. [2] Word udvornici is derived from slavic "U dvora", meaning "at/near the (royal) court". Their lord was the monarch, but they were administered by the Palatine. [4] [2]
The udvornici, also udvarniks or royal serving people ( Hungarian: udvarnokok, Slovak: dvorníci), [1] was a class of half-free people who were obliged to provide well-specified services to the royal court in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. [2] [3] They seem to have been descended from the Slavic population which was subjugated during the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin. [2] Word udvornici is derived from slavic "U dvora", meaning "at/near the (royal) court". Their lord was the monarch, but they were administered by the Palatine. [4] [2]