The reformed reverend from Magyarigen (Ighiu, RO), Péter Bod (1712-1769) Cover Image

Az erdélyi románok első tudományos történetírója: Bod Péter (1712–1769), A magyarigeni református lelkész
The reformed reverend from Magyarigen (Ighiu, RO), Péter Bod (1712-1769)

Author(s): Botond Kund Gudor
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Ethnohistory, Modern Age, Hungarian Literature, 18th Century
Published by: Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem
Keywords: Péter Bod; historiography; Brevis Valachorum Transylvaniam incolentium Historia; history of the Romanian people

Summary/Abstract: The reformed reverend from Magyarigen (Ighiu, RO), Péter BOD (1712–1769), is considered by the specialty literature to be the foremost Protestant scientific figure of the 18th century in Transylvania. The influences of the historiography of the type Staatenkunde, and also a true attempt to go from ecclesiastical to laical history can be noticed in Brevis valachorum historia, in which he researched the history of the Romanian people from a double perspective: ecclesiastical and laical. A researcher of objective causality, Péter BOD synthesized the failures and degeneration of the romanian religious Union under the pressure of confessional revolts.

  • Issue Year: I/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 115-128
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian