Barna Attila: Lőcsei Fehér Asszony. Legenda és valóság - Győri Tanulmányok Füzetek. Tudományos Közlemények 16/2014 (Győr, 2014)
Lőcse’s White Lady and her lawsuit of high treason (Summary)
Foreign language summary peasantry and the rebel officer's nation-wide organization, which objective was facilitating Rákóczi's comeback. The revolution finally seemed to come to an end and Júlia Géczy persistently made requests to her acquaintances and protectors at the Emperor's court. Among others, she had good relationship with Earl Miklós Illésházy, chancellor of the court. The "beautiful and clever woman" proudly let it know that she knew the court, too. However, in May, it spread as a dramatic turn that Rákóczi made compromise with the Court and would come home to be present at the coronation ceremony. The news was believed by most people, hence, by Mrs. Korponay as well. Júlia Géczy, who previously turned to Earl (later palatine 1742-1751) János Pálffy, commander-general of the austrian army in the Kingdom, with that someone handed over letters to her containing serious evidences on a new revoludon, got scared on the possible change of events. She really mentioned it to the palatine that she received Rákóczi,- and Bercsényi letters, however, she did not think of or only got to know it later that the letters appointed the curia of her father, Zsigmond Géczy as the place of the secret negotiations. She announced the letters but did not hand them over. According to her, she burned the messages partly being afraid from the rebels' revenge, pardy for the protection of her father, who was affected in the movements. With her action, she became in the cross fire of the Court of Vienna that wished to strike on the Rákóczi-party organization, and the endeavours of national orders trying to create acceptable peace conditions during the parliamentary session in Bratislava. She deferred the time and urged the releasing of the documents on granting the properties, when other incriminatory evidences — letters coming from Poland — were received by the palatine, one mentioning that Júlia Géczy had also received such package earlier and the prince hiding abroad hopes that letters sent in that package got to the addressees. From that time on, Pálffy was uncompromised. However, the woman quickly escaping from Pozsony (today: Bratislava, Slovakia) confessed the events in a letter, he did not hesitate and immediately made her arrested in July 1712 and got her locked into the castle of Vöröskő (today: Hrad Cerveny Kamen, Slovakia). The anticipatory investigations, interrogations soon started. Júlia Géczy admitted many things, however, she remained silent regarding that the letters also mentioned her father, meanwhile, Zsigmond Géczy could successfully escape to Poland. In September, the Parliament chose a so called “delegated court” (iudicium delegatum) upon the command of the emperor and he ordered a special forum of occasional members for the earning out of the investigation. The court-90
