place
Diet of Tolna (1518)
Tolna
also: Tolna, tolnai gyűlés
The Diet convened at Tolna in 1518 by the lesser nobility under Verbőczi's leadership; controversial because the great magnates refused to attend, it passed fiscal decrees that Szapolyai and other magnates refused to recognize.
Reading notes
- Drama Fragments (Five Pieces) §25 fixed at Tolna
The Diet of Tolna (1518) was a controversial noble assembly called without the magnates; Verbőczi used it to pass fiscal measures opposed by the great lords. Szapolyai's refusal to recognize it was historically accurate.