Szabolcs-Szatmár-Beregi levéltári évkönyv 15. (Nyíregyháza, 2001)

Rezümék (angol, német)

KOBÁLY, ILONA: The Manuscript Heritage of the Perényi Family in Sub-Carpathian Historical Museum A valuable part of the Sub-Carpathian Historical Museum (Ungvár) is the manuscript heritage of the Perényi family. The documents relating to the family are stored in several archives. From the 15th— 19th century 379 manuscripts are kept in the Perényi family's fonds. Most of them are written in Hungarian and their length is varying. Some of them are hardly readable and others are in bad conditions. There are three types of manuscripts in the heritage. The legal documents include charters, contracts, statutes and legal records. The biggest group consists of economical documents. The registers and catalogues that were made of the Perényi's property help us to study the family's estates as well as the farm manager's reports and accounts help with studying the way of farming. Among the letters we can find letters of exchange, classification, debentures, applications and warrants all relating to the estates. Their personal correspondence also belongs to this group. The manuscript heritage of the Perényi family serves as not only a valuable source of the history of the big landowner family playing an important role in Hungary's life for centuries but also that of the past of the north-east part of the country. NOVAK, VERONIKA: Gipsy Charters and Patents in the Archives of the Esterházy Family Charters and patents provided the conferred with rights and advantages. Their grantor was usually the king but it could be the landlord, their addressees were private individuals or communities. Data of charters conferred to gipsies as communities date back to the 15th century. Several charters of this kind remained in the archives of Csesznek, Sempte and Zólyom branches of the Esterházy family. The family gave out a protectional charter on appointing the vaivode of the gipsies living in their estates as early as 1675. At the same time they allowed the gipsies to move freely, pursue smithcraft and exchange. Ferenc Esterházy, the owner of Csesznek in 1697 and after that several times, Péter Esterházy gave the gipsies a charter of similar content in Galánta in 1717. Ferenc Esterházy Galántai's charter of 1751 differs from the ones mentioned above. This record releases Ferenc Bakos and his companions from the obligation of a serf, sets them free and appoints them to musicians in the big manor of Sempte. The gipsy census of Pozsony county of 1773 indicates making music as a source of gipsy livelihood. Several famous leaders of gipsy bands came from Galánta and its environs. A new tradition began by raising gipsy musicians to the rank of manorial musicians, which made a great impression on the musical development of the region.