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Történettudomány - Szalipszki Péter: (Füzér)Komlós története a 19. század második felében
186 Szalipszki Péter THE HISTORY OF (FÜZÉR)KOMLÓS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY Keywords: Abolition of serfdom, land re-parcelling, society, stratification, religion, population Article IX. of the year 1848, concerning the abolition of serfdom, did not bring immediate changes to the lives of the peasantry nationwide as well as in Füzérkomlós, where the Károlyi estate still had a claim for all their previous landlord annuities, taxes and labour services. Moreover the fragmentation of lots and the number of people becoming cottars in the first half of the 19th century greatly limited access to land ownership for the peasantry of Komlós. The relationship between the peasants of Komlós and the landlord, count Ede Károlyi, was regulated by the edict that took effect in spring 1853. The Kaiser’s order of separating shared pastures and woodlands greatly loosened the relationship of interdependence. However the separated pasture and forest areas were still shared between villagers. The separation of pasture may have happened due to the large increase of livestock ownership by the inhabitants, based on data from 1857 national census concerning Komlós. The rights of using the village forest and pasture were determined by the size of owned arable land; this regulation further increased the number of people falling behind. The social stratification of Komlós based on wealth is apparent via tables from the late 1850s, showcasing the taxation of the inhabitants. Another important stage of agriculture capitalisation was the land reparceling, which meant combining several, smaller parcel territories of landowners. The restructuring of the border of Komlós is represented with maps from 1854 and 1862 and their comparison. The changes and distribution of the population number of the village is presented based on data from toponym repositories, statistical surveys and other publications. By the turn of the century, following the growth after the mid-19th century, the population of Füzeskomlós was also affected by erosion from emigration, meaning that by 1910 the population count was near-identical to that of 1848-49, after the revolution. We examined the religious history and their relations through the entirety of the 19th century. Komlós was mostly inhabited by Roman Catholic and Reformed believers. Looking at the numbers, Reformed believers were in the minority; however they had their own church which they built because they were banned from the church in Füzér in the early 19th century. That said, they lacked their own parish and their masses were held by Reformed preachers from Nyír, while Catholics still attended masses in the church at Füzér. There were no records of similar schisms in relation to other congregation. Greek Catholics were first present since the last third of the century, amounting to roughly fifty people. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, a small group of Hebrews also appear amidst the society of Komlós, although the names in our sources (e.g. Weiss) suggest that they have been present earlier. The final tragic entries of the compressed demographic inventory include the fourteen soldiers from Komlós who died during World War I. Péter S%alips%ki
