Megyetörténet. Egyház- és igazgatástörténeti tanulmányok a veszprémi püspökség 1009. évi adománylevele tiszteletére - A Veszprém Megyei Levéltár kiadványai 22. (Veszprém, 2010)
Tanulmányok a veszprémi egyházmegye történetéről - Siptár Dániel: Kolostoralapítások és szerzetesi lelkipásztorkodás a veszprémi egyházmegye török alól felszabadult részein
Kolostoralapítás és szerzetesi lelkipásztorkodás ... Cloister establishments AND PASTORAL ACTIVITY OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN REGIONS LIBERATED FROM TURKISH RULE IN THE DIOCESE OF VESZPRÉM This essay demonstrates the process of settling down of religious communities between 1683 and 1703 in liberated regions of Veszprém diocese and also the pastoral activity they carried out among the flock of the episcopacy during the 18th century. The basis of the study is a database under preparation, which in the long run would gather and sum up the data concerning the institutions of religious orders in early modem Hungary, i.e. their bibliographies, the places where their archival sources are kept and overviews of their history. It was the Franciscans in Nagykanizsa and the Capuchins in Mór who, during the above mentioned interval, were able to settle down permanently in the formerly Turkish-occupied parts of the diocese of Veszprém. Jesuits set up only a temporary mission also in Nagykanizsa, and an unsuccessful attempt was made by Franciscans in Segesd. Establishments in Székesfehérvár by Franciscans, Jesuits, and Carmelites should not be taken into consideration with good reason, by virtue of Székesfehérvár being an exempt town. Székesfehérvár, however, was situated in the heart of the diocese of Veszprém and until 1777 the pastoral areas of its three religious communities lay also within the borders of the same diocese, which facts yet allow discussing these institutions here as well. Circumstances of the establishments of the above mentioned communities are demonstrated in the first part of the essay. Various types of establishment processes can be distinguished. In most cases the members of religious orders came along with Christian forces and started their activity immediately at their arrival, according to more or less the same scenario. Capuchins in Mór represent another type, as their establishment can be regarded as settling by the landlord with the aim of converting Protestant inhabitants, which was a characteristic occurrence both in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 17th century and throughout the reintegrated country in the 18th century. Yet, it was not a frequent phenomenon during the liberation wars in the turn of the century as it required peaceful conditions and firm land possessions. The unsuccessful attempt in Segesd represents a transition between the establishments following Christian forces and that of another method, which did not occur in the diocese of Veszprém, but generally characterized the Bosnian Franciscans, namely that of transforming the main stations of itinerant friars into institutions. The second part of the essay deals with rural pastoral activity of the members of the mentioned communities, a single aspect of the history of religious institutions, as it especially characterized the diocese of Veszprém. 101
