159 Иницијал. Часопис за средњовековне студије 6 (2018) 159–188 Initial. A Review of Medieval Studies 6 (2018) 159–188 UDC: 94(498.4)(093)“15“:929.52 Jakšići DOI: 10.29341/IN.06.0.159188 Adrian Magina Museum of the Highland Banat B-dul Republicii 10, Reşiţa, Caraş-Severin, Romania adimagina@gmail.com ACTA JAKŠIĆIANA. DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE JAKŠIĆ OF NĂDLAC FAMILY IN ROMANIAN ARCHIVES Abstract: The nobles of the Jakšić family were among the most repre- sentative members of the Serbian elite from late medieval Hungary. The Jakšić brothers took refuge in Hungary and settled near the Mureș River in Nădlac (Csanád County). Later, King Matthias donated to them various estates in sever- al counties of his realm, including Transylvania. Although Transylvanian arc- hives contain a substantial amount of data on the family, this has not been tho- roughly researched. Documents presented in this study have not been previously published, except for the one from April 1559. They are found in the archives in Sibiu, Cluj and Oradea and they chronologically cover the period of the 16 th century, containing information on both branches of the Jakšić family. Docu- ments from the Romanian archives do not fundamentally change the established view on this family, but they supplement our knowledge and cast light upon some controversial or less known aspects of the history of the noble Jakšićs in medieval and early modern times. Keywords: Jakšić family, Romanian archives, Transylvania, 16 th century, documents. Research of medieval history in Central and South-Еastern Europe has received a new impulse in the recent years. One of the main reasons for this impulse is certainly the increased accessibility of sources since nowadays online databases usually contain high resolution photographs of documents which are thus at the disposal of all interested researchers. The establishment of such a database in Romania, even though it is still incomplete and under construction, gave us the opportunity to investigate