Levéltári Közlemények, 88. (2017)
A reformáció és magyarországi öröksége - Tuza Csilla: Vallási ellentétek a magyar céhes életben a 18. században
CSILLA T UZA RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN HUNGARIAN GUILD LIFE IN THE 18TH CENTURY Religion and charitable activities related with it have been an important part of the guild life in Hungary since the Middle Ages. While Western European guilds were primarily involved in the protection of their settlement, the Hungarian guilds were mainly focused on their social tasks. The Reformation also brought change in this practice: Catholics and Protestant guild members had to resolve their religious conflicts within an organization, so that the guild could continue to play its role in economic life and in the social-charitable life of the settlement. Religious oppositions were intensified in the 18th century. While in the 20s and 30s of the century these were real issues, the religious conflicts of the 1740s and 50s, examined by the Royal Locotential Council were pretenses, and their real goal was to protect the guild economic interests against other guilds and outsider craftsmen. The 1761–64 guild control process eventually led to the declaration that religion had no connection with business, and the decree opened the way for the development of an industry outside the guilds. Vallási ellentétek a magyar céhes életben a 18. században 61
