Gyulai Éva: Régi Diárium - Clementis János fancsali evangélikus lelkész naplója, 1719-1760 - Officina Musei 25. (Miskolc, 2018)
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An Old Diarium: Diary of Fancsal's Lutheran Preacher Johannes Clementis (1719-1760} The diary of Johannes(Jan/János) Clementis (1692, Dovalló/Dovalovo; present-day: Slovakia -1763, Fancsal, Hungary), Slovak Lutheran preacher of the Kingdom of Hungary, is owned by the Evangelical Congregation of Fancsal (Hungary). The first part of the 156 page Latin diary, which was written between 1719 and 1760, marks the most important events of Johannes Clementis’ activities as a pastor up until 1749; he only began recording daily and monthly diarium in the classical sense after 1750. The Lutheran Parish register of Fancsal was also started and run by Johannes Clementis, so it has firm connections to the diary as a historical source. The diary of Clementis is as multifaceted as the range of activities an 18th-century Protestant preacher in the Kingdom of Hungary had to perform. It is noticeable how little the author cares about events of the outside world, simply focusing on the official and familial issues of his immediate surroundings instead. Nonetheless this attitude only enhances the source value of the diary in relation to the history of mentalities, Alltagsgeschichte (history of everyday life) and microhistory. His recordings on weather, especially celestial phenomena and agricultural work are particularly valuable; however his data on contemporary Lutheran religious practice are also worthy of note. We present the Hungarian translation of the text from the Latin diary with notes in our publication, accompanied by a digitized copy of the original Latin manuscript. Through familial, religious and church-related connections, the diary’s Slovak author has many ties with multiple regions and places in present-day Slovakia, as well as Slovak Lutheran congregations and pastors of the 18th century Hungarian Kingdom. Moreover there are some Slovak passages in the Latin text of the manuscript, making the copy of the original diary useful for research in Slovak church history and cultural history too. Johannes Clementis became the Lutheran pastor of Radács (Radacov, today: Radatice) in Sáros county in 1716 but was expelled from his ecclesiastical office in 1719. It was then that Jobus Fancsali Joób (1686-1763), member of the landowner Fancsali Joób (Joób-Fancsaly) family in Prószék (today: Prosiek, Slovakia), landlord of Fancsal in Abaúj county, invited him to his estate as a congregational pastor. He was also invited by Stephen Szirmay Sr. (1686-1755), lord of Csécs castle (today: Cecejovce, Slovakia) as a Court Preacher for his other castle in Alsó-Fügéd; Clementis would retain both of these posts until his death in 1763. 9
