Társadalmi fegyelmezés és/vagy kálvinista prozelitizmus
Social Disciplinisations and/or Calvinistic Prozelytism

Some Data on the Impact of the Reformation on the Romanians in Fogarasföld (Țara Făgărașului, Fogarascher Land) in the 17th Century

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the author describes the ecclesiastical relations of the Romanians in Fogarasföld (Țara Făgărașului, Fogarascher Land) in the 17th century. It analyzes primarily the urbarial conscriptions made during the reign of the two Rákóczi princes. The purpose of the conscriptions ensues was to ensure that those who cannot certify their noble privileges (the status of boyar) should be obligated to deposit (depotus) and they should be forced into serfdom. Besides these, it is clear from the conscriptions that in the Romanian villages there was a surplus of priests. It is not unusual for a village where three or even five priests served in one place. In order to settle the situation, György I. Rákóczi ordered the canonical visitation that in every village there may be only one priest. The author also describes the history of the Romanian school in Fogaras, founded by Lorántffy Zsuzsanna, and he presents the role of social disciplinisations of this school, and of the canonical visitation.

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