two charters recording ducal grants speak of land pertaining to a castle.
91 In Henry Zdík’s charter recording the lands of his see, holdings of various size throughout the diocese are listed according to eight subdivisions: those “pertaining” to the church of Olomouc, to the
pre-positura of Saint Václav, and to the churches of Přerov, Kroměříž, Spitihněv, Břeclav, Brno, and Znojmo.
92 The context of the phrases in the Hospitallers’ charters, where these properties are contrasted with those acquired by other means, indicates that these lands, not purchased, or the proceeds of justice, or relinquished to the duke for some other reason, were essentially inherited. “Pertaining to the crown of my realm,” nonetheless, expresses a conception of the duke’s property that was not patrimonial, but concomitant with lordship.
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