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Történettudomány - Szalipszki Péter: (Füzér)Komlós története a 19. század első felében
386 Szalipszki Péter THE HISTORY OF (FÜZÉR)KOMLÓS IN THE FIRST HAFF OF THE 19TH CENTURY Keywords: Count Károlyi family, distribution, surveys, registers, land fragmentation, landless peasants, Károlyi Hussars regiment The first version of this study had been prepared yet in 2002, as part of a planned village monograph. In the course of the 19th century, Komlós, a small settlement was in the property of the Count Károlyi family as part of their Füzér, and later, of their Füzérradvány domain. Initially, the small village contributed to the incomes of József Károlyi, then it was the property of István Károlyi from 1827, and of Ede Károlyi from 1843. The village had a more significant role in the domain than one would suppose based on its size and population, as besides the public house, we may find also an inn, a mill and even a bathhouse at Komlós. Nevertheless, the primary economic base of the small settlement was three-field system agriculture. Animal husbandry, which provided agriculture the indispensable yoke power, had restrictions because of the limited availability of grazing grounds around the village. Besides the above mentioned opportunities, forestry was a possible source of income for the population, but above all, for the Count family owning the forests. We may observe also at Komlós that officers of the domain attempted to urge serfdom to cultivate lands of the largest possible size by promising them tax exemption, while after a short while, they tried to collect taxes after the newly cleared lands. These attempts met the evident and intense opposition of serfs. According to the testimony of domain and state registers, in the first half of the 19th century, the process of the serfdom’s land fragmentation took place in our village, along with the so- called ^selléresedés (the process of masses of serfs becoming landless) as a result of relative overpopulation. While in 1802, the 14 land parcels of Komlós were cultivated by 17 serf families, by 1847, there was only one, undivided land parcel in the whole village. The serfdom liberation in 1848 reached the small settlement under such circumstances. During the war of independence that followed the revolution of March, national militia was organized in (Füzér) Komlós, and the proprietors of the settlement, Count István Károlyi and Count Ede Károlyi also joined in the armed forces and participated in the fights. Therefore the father, count István was sentenced for two years of fortress impriso- ment, while his son, Ede was forced to leave the country. [Translated by Agnes Drosztmér] S%alips%ki, Péter
