Századok – 2011

KÖZLEMÉNYEK - Tóth-Barbalics Veronika: A „korona védpajzsa" vagy „észarisztokrácia"? A magyar főrendiház élethossziglan kinevezett tagjai III/723

752 TÓTH-BARBALICS VERONIKA siderably after 1910, in connection with the alliance between the government and the capitalist elite, and with the wartime economic boom. Among the national minorities only the Croatians represented themselves among the appointed members continuously, albeit in small numbers. An analysis of the number and origins of the appointed peers, their membership in committees and of votings by the name clearly proved that the successive governments all used the means offered by the institution of lifelong membership in order to influence the Upper Chamber.