Fatuska János – Fülöp Éva Mária – ifj. Gyuszi László (szerk.): Annales Tataienses II. A mezőváros, mint uradalmi központ. Mecénás Közalapítvány. Tata, 2001.

Magyar Eszter: Falu vagy mezőváros? (Visegrád a 18. században)

Village or market-town? Eszter Magyar This question could be asked to determine the real condition of the former royal residence, Visegrád. After the Turkish occupation of Hungary, the settlement was named oppidum belonging to the treasury. It soon took root to become a market-town. Although its buildings were demolished during the battles and there was not any continuity in consideration for the inhabitants, its colonization and reconstruction had soon begun. At this part of the river Danube - flowing pass Visegrád - was the centre of the route chaining Upper Hungary with the Southern parts. There was a custom station, a ferry and a mint was also in function in the town. There was a parish in Visegrád, which acted the part of the parish church for the neighbouring settlements. The wood needed by the armed forces in Buda was also brought from the woods of Visegrád. The administration was run by the officials of the chancellery in Buda. The early settlers - Hungarian, German, Slavic people - were named cívis and the number of the tradesmen was high among them. Their deed of foundation unfortunately isn't known but in the beginning they paid their tax in an aggregate sum. Since Count Starhemberg had rendered great services in the war of liberation, his descendants were given Visegrád as a fief in 1701. The oppidum had been the centre of the small domain consisting four settlements up to 1756, when due to the activity of Count Grassalkovich, the chancellery repurchased it. During the settle of socage the peasants declared that their contract of settlement was cancelled by the farm-bailiff in the 1730s and he put them under an obligation on doing new services. They hadn't accepted their villein socage and after the emancipation of serfs they took legal proceedings at the Ministry of Justice. The essay is trying to answer the question raised in the title by analyzing everyday life, the economy and the society of the settlement at that time. 109