A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 20. - Száz éve alakult a Békéscsabai Múzeum-Egyesület (Békéscsaba, 1999)

Cs. Szabó István: Czech people in historical tradition

Cs. Szabó István Cs. Szabó 1989. Cs. Szabó István 1989. Adatok, egyes, a mai Békés megyében található ref. templomok középkori és XVIII. századi előzményeiről Békés megye és környéke XVIII. századi történetéből Közlemények Gyula Szerk.: Erdmann Gyula Tóth-Szabó 1917. Tóth - Szabó Pál Dr. 1917. A cseh- huszita mozgalmak és uralom története Magyarországon Budapest Várady 1991. Várady József 1991, Tiszántúl református templomai I.-II. Vésztői Református Egyház irattára Protocollum 1759-1816. Czech people in historical tradition Facts for chuchhistorical and ethnographical knowledge of Calvinists in Békés county - Cs. Szabó István According to the tradition material noted down in the second half of the 18th and the first half of 19th century in Békésszentandrás, Dévaványa, Gyoma, Körösladány in North-Békés county and in Kesznyét situated on the border of Borsod-Szabolcs-Zemplén counties, what are Hungarian-speaking, Calvinist villages settled again, respectively fixed after the Ottoman Turkish occupation of Hungary in the beginning of 18th century, some gardens, old buildings, churches might been built by "Czech, Czech-Hussite people". We have countless facts about the same tradition curcle from Upper-Tisza region, NorthHungary and the South-East region of today Slovakia from villages with also Hungarian ethnic group and Calvinist religion. It is a different question how on the mentioned region, where the czech-Hussite people really have been on the XV. century, did this tradition curcle develop. We don't know about settling of Czech ethnic group neither organized nor spontaneously on the region under discussion. Each one is a settlement of the age of Árpáds with population of Hungarian ethnic group. Experts in studying Hussite age and prereformation consider some meeting of "Hussite religion" and reformation impossible. The czech tradition circle was forgotten by the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century. There was an intensive migration of nations in directions of South-North, North-South /and West-East, East-West/ on Trans-Tiszanian region in 16-17th century because of campaigns. In the mentioned villages Hungarian Chalvinist families arrived from "upper regions" in the beginning of 18th century were settled. They could bring along the Hussite tradition circle /migration - colonialization - informationcarriers/, namely that every old thing is the bequest of "Czech-Hussite people". Rememberance of Hussite people as "prereformers" couldn't be impossible. (Translated by Schaferné Веке Kartalin) 232