Berecz Mátyás - Rémiás Tibor (szerk.): Végvár társadalma a korszakváltás idején - Studia Agriensia 30. (Eger, 2012)

VÉGH FERENC: Katonából zsellér - zsellérből polgár. A végvári katonaság útjai a civil társadalomba a 17-18. század fordulóján (a Zala megyei mezővárosok példáján

Ferenc Végh

PEASANT SOLDIERS- FROM PEASANT CITIZENS THE BORDER GARRISON TROOPS TRANSFORMATION INTO CIVIL SOCIETY AT THE TURN OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY.

(EXAMPLE OF MARKET TOWNS IN ZALA COUNTY)

The autumn of 1701, with the Ottoman rule ending in Hungary, the Karlovci peace treaty (1699) the decree eliminated the fortress system along the centre of the country, making them obsolete. This "gallant order" also put an end to the existence of, as the border castle referred to as the prevailing military pay for serving time, to the most privileged armed crowd of peasants, and the landless peasants sank off. The study shows that in Zala County, before the end of the order in market towns, The dismissal of the boarder fortresses was less of a shock than previously thought. The soldiers because of the lack of military pay in the 17th century were forced to open up to the civilian way of life. A significant proportion of (possibly tax-free) grapes and/or plough land were obtained, industries being practiced or being traded, with these activities continuing simultaneously. Their livelihoods being basically ensured due to their service. The market towns in the Zala case also show that most of the former service men made redundant could relatively easily integrate into civil society. The biggest change was for the arms dealers, who recently have been confident privileged members of society and within a short time became dependant on public policy.

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