Egyháztörténeti Szemle 18. (2017)
2017 / 3. szám - SUMMARIES IN ENGLISH - Balogh Judit: Reformation in Székely (Seckler) Land - Szakál Anna: An Ethnographic Collector of the 19th Century Hungary: Life of Sándor Ürmösi II.
Summaries in English 145 Reformation in Székely (Seckler) Land Balogh, Judit This paper discusses the processes of confessionalization which took place in Székely Land during the 16th century. Transylvania had been a multidenominational and multietnical region within the Kingdom of Hungary as far back as the Middle Ages: besides Catholic Hungarians and Secklers Orthodox Romanians also resided here. The Secklers have always been held in historical memory as an extremely closed society. However, it appears that they cultivated lively relations with Saxons, Romanians, as well as the Hungarian counties. This openness enabled them to accomodate the ideas of the Reformation in the 16th century. The first impact came from Saxon preachers who preached in the spirit of Luther as early as the 1520s, 1530s and 1540s. This paper examines how Székelyland (a relatively small area within the Kingdom of Hungary) came to acccomodate diverse denominational groups, such as Catholics in Csíkszék, Háromszék and Udvarszék, Reformed in all parts, Unitarians in Marosszék, Udvarhelyszék and Háromszék, and Sabbatarians in Udvarhelyszék. An Ethnographic Collector of the 19th Century Hungary: Life of Sándor Ürmösi II. Szakái, Anna In this present study (which is the second part of a longer case study), the author investigates the life path of Sándor Urmösi - i9th-century Unitarian priest - from being a promising folk poetry collector, teacher and priest, to a person who increasingly generated conflicts within his parishes, and ultimately had to step down as priest. The author presents this part of Sándor Ürmösi’s life (as an insider within the Unitarian circles) primarily through the set of sources called the Documents of the Unitarian Bishop, using complementary sources such as different parish documents, minutes of parish elders, economic texts and school inspection minutes. Apart from presenting Sándor Ürmösi’s life across eight parishes, the study also attempts to find an answer (within the possibilities given by the sources) to what role he might have played in the history of I9th-century Transylvanian folklore collection. At the same time, the study serves as an initial point to unearthing the everyday life of Transylvanian Unitarian priests in the 19th century.
