Szabolcs-Szatmár-Beregi levéltári évkönyv 16. (Nyíregyháza, 2003)

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COUNTY-TOWN ANDRÁS KISS: On The Sources of Witchcraft in Szatmár County The research into witchcraft trials and after that their publication already began two hundred years ago. The witchcraft trials in Szatmár county were published in several publications mainly as text reviews and references. András Komáromy started the comprehensive publication of witchcraft trials.It covered the whole country and was based on systematic research. Nowadays his work is carried on by Ferenc Schram. The Ethnographic Research Team of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is making the electronic survey of the theme. The first two volumes of the series entitled 'The Sources of Witchcraft in Hungary' edited by Eva Pócs has been published. In the meantime it has turned out that further research in the archives has to be carried out. The author is participating in the process of editing the third volume, which will contain some material of Szatmár county, as well among others the descriptions of a case in Jánk and that of Mátészalka. While in 1665 the questions of a public interrogation were worthy of attention in Jánk, in Mátészalka Tancs/Dancs Mihályné was accused of witchcraft and was sentenced to drowning. Later in 1701-1702 an action was brought against this unlawful execution with the charge of murder. SÁNDOR SZAKÁLLAS: Tables of Income in a Survey in Szabolcs County during the Reign of Joseph II In 1786 Joseph II ordered that all the properties be precisely measured and their income be taken down in Hungary. The measure was rather unpopular with the Hungarians as it was an attempt at taxing the nobility later. The nobility of the county and the communities of the villages sabotaged the data collection, which began in the summer of 1786. In 1787 the king ordered the owners to hand in letters of 'fassio', in which they returned their income of land property. Altogether 672 handwritten tables of 'fassio' survived in Latin and Hungarian from Szabolcs county. The survey lasted several years, even in 1789. Although an owner could return his income of land property several times, the material is not complete. The data on the properties did not meet the requirements considering their contents. They are uninteresting and repeat