Századok – 2019

2019 / 6. szám - MAGYAR HIVATALVISELŐK MÁRIA TERÉZIA SZOLGÁLATÁBAN - Szijártó M. István: A „professzionális” hivatalnokok tereziánus nemzedéke és a „bürokraták” hatalomátvétele

A „PROFESSZIONÁLIS” HIVATALNOKOK TEREZIÁNUS NEMZEDÉKE

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to be closed off half a century later). On the other hand, instead of the aristocracy and the county elite, this leading group of officials was increasingly recruited from the ranks of the “bureaucracy” whose chief characteristic was unshakeable loyalty to the ruler. However, their takeover was not completed overnight in the early 1770s; it was simply part of an ongoing trend that encompassed the Lieutenancy Council and the High Court which had characterised the Chancery and the Chamber earlier on.