Petercsák Tivadar - Berecz Mátyás (szerk.): Magyarország védelme - Európa védelme - Studia Agriensia 24. (Eger, 2006)
MAGYARORSZÁG VÉDELME -EURÓPA VÉDELME BALASSI BÁLINT ÉS BOCSKAI ISTVÁN KORÁBAN - JENEY-TÓTH ANNAMÁRIA: Bocskai István fejedelmi udvara 1605 nyarán (A kolozsvári városi számadások tükrében)
Annamária Jeney-Tóth THE PRINCELY COURT OF ISTVÁN BOCSKAI DURING THE SUMMER OF 1605 (In the Light of the Kolozsvár Town Accounts) This study deals with the accounts for the town of Kolozsvár (now Cluj- Napoca, Romania) covering the month of August 1605. That we are in possession of such detailed information is thanks in no small part to the town’s Saxon traditions. The intention of the national assembly set for August 10th was to formally invest István Bocskai with the title of prince, a position to which he had been elected the previous February in Nyárádszereda (now Miercurea Nirajului, Romania). Having been handed the news the town embarked on the preparations. From August 7th onwards the Turkish voivode of Moldavia and the envoys from the Hungarian towns began to arrive in Kolozsvár. István Bocskai himself arrived in the town accompanied by his household on August 12th. Following his arrival the Szekler and Saxon nations requested that the venue of the national assembly be moved to Medgyes (now Media§, Romania), where it was indeed convoked for September 14th. In the princely entourage in Kolozsvár one can find 47 noblemen and household representatives, 21 young nobles, bodyguards and personal staff. The most prominent positions were occupied by István Csáki, Zsigmond Rákóczi, Ferenc Mágócsy and György Homonnai. They were followed by the national and court representatives, a few of whom were from Transylvania. Most of the twenty-one individuals making up “His Majesty’s Youth”, were the offspring of Transylvanian families, including the Hungarian and Szekler sons of the Apaffy, Salánky, Béldi, Eördögh, Nemes, Köpeczy and Morganday families. The Partium was represented by the Náprády, Kökényesdi and Farkas families and Upper Hungary by the Turanszkys and Megyerys. The origins of four of the families mentioned remain unknown. During the course of his stay in Kolozsvár the prince had a private audience with Jesuit vice-provincial Argenti, at which a decision relating to a property dispute going on between the town of Kolozsvár and the Jesuits was postponed until the national assembly. It was during this time 275
