„Igen lelkiismeretes történetíró, kinek van érzéke a történeti változások lényege iránt”. Az Erdélyi Fejedelemség Lukinich Imre történetírásában
“A Conscientious Historian with a Keen Sense for the Essence of Historical Change”: The Transylvanian Principality in the Historiography of Imre Lukinich

Summary/Abstract: Although Imre Lukinich did not devote his entire scholarly career to the study of the Transylvanian Principality, his contribution to this field was nonetheless substantial. His research focused primarily on the reigns of John Sigismund, George I Rákóczi, and Michael I Apafi, with particular attention to the foreign policy of the princes. Over the course of his work, he published a large number of primary sources, most notably from the Keresd archive of the Bethlen family, and also produced several studies of a consistently high scholarly standard. His 1918 monograph Territorial Changes of Transylvania in the Age of the Ottoman Conquest examined the shifting western borders of the principality, arguing that possession of the Partium was a decisive factor in the functioning of the new state formed in the 16th century, while the loss of most of this territory led almost automatically to its collapse by the end of the 17th century. In his 1927 volume The History of the Bethlen Family of Bethlen, Lukinich likewise reconstructed the history of the Transylvanian Principality – especially its final five decades – through a series of finely crafted biographical portraits.

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