Gyökerek • A Dráva Múzeum tanulmánykötete, 2006

Frankovics György: „Minden nép a saját nyelvén virágzik!” Reformáció és a katolikus hitélet újjáéledése a török kori Dráva-melléken

Frankovics György: „ Minden nép a saját nyelvén virágzik! " Reformáció és a katolikus hitélet újjáéledése Their burdens-taxes and services- increased. The bandits from Légrád (liveried Haiducks, Uskotzis) looted very frequently, the payments of taxes became more and more difficult. One of his enthusiastic followers, András Krizsan even if he was only a lay learnt Latin, because in his letter written on 15 July in 1653, he asked for from Peter Petretic bishopfor Croatian sermons. „Every nation flourishes in his own language only we should suffer the emptiness - says Krizsan who asks for Sun on the sky which illuminates the sky of Croatia and Slavonia" he means Catholic liturgical books. The wittnesses of these turbulent times - the Hungarian and Croatian letters - tell about the years of the dual occupation and the bitter sufferings of the population in the almost 13 villages, from which the biggest one had 10 houses. The Croatians converted back to Catholic faith after 7 years. 79