Barcsay Sándor rejtélyes felesége – Újabb adatok az abrudbányai Fodor család társadalmi kapcsolataihoz
Sándor Barcsay’s Mysterious Wife - New Data on the Social Relations of the Fodor Family of Abrudbánya/Abrud

Summary/Abstract: This article inquires into the social opportunities of the Transylvanian precious mining via one career-history from a noble family who belonged to the economic elite of Abrudbánya/Abrud, the most significant mining town of Metaliferi Mountains. The Fodor family was part of a number of resettled noble families in this region who wanted to improve their social and financial status with the help of precious metal mining. This family had so many entrepreneurial skills that this way they could become the most influential family in the area of the Metaliferi Mountains. Pál Fodor was an ancestor of this family, who led the gold exchange in the precious metal mining towns. Via his social and financial network, his son, György Fodor, could access court service in the court of Gábor Bethlen. His daughters could get married with members of noble families (for example the family of Barcsay). These marriages did not only have advantages for the Fodor family, but also for the Barcsay family, because they could get significant wealth.

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