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2015 / 4. szám - KISEBB CIKKEK - Kiss Balázs - Oláh Róbert: Pázmány Péter két utolsó missilise 1618-ból

PÁZMÁNY PÉTER KÉT ISMERETLEN MISSILIS LEVELE 1618-BÓL

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Vestra probae meminerit spem mihi Viennae factam fuisse quod si anticipata duorum mensium aggravandum. Illustrissimam Dominationem Vestram obnixe rogo habeat meae quod Maiestatem suam hoc nomine excusatum, Quicquid habui non tantum in aere sed et in vino ac frumento solum illud partim in fundando Alumnatu Clericorum partim in erigendo Seminario Nobilium insumpsi. Deus novit si non insumsissem libenter preasentibus necessitatibus publicis inpenderem. His me gratiae ac benevolantiae Illustrissimae Dominationis Vestrae commendans eanden fortissimae valere ex animo cupio.

Sellyae 9 die Decembris Anno 1618.

Archiepiscopus Strigoniensis

TWO UNKNOWN LETTERS BY PÉTER PÁZMÁNY FROM 1618

by Kiss Balázs - Oláh Róbert (Summary)

Research into the correspondence of Péter Pázmány has certainly not revealed all that survives so far for scientific historiography. The letters which are published here from the collections of the Primatial Archives witness to the close relationship between the archbishop and the Court of Vienna The letters he wrote to king Matthias II and imperial councillor Leonhard Meggau prove beyond any doubt that in Hungarian affairs the prelate wanted to exert a decisive influence on the policies and attitudes of the Viennese court. Comparison of these letters and of the responses coming from the court shed further light on the Habsburg political alternatives which emerged late in 1618 and early in 1619. Namely, the documents published here present, from Pázmány’s perspective, a possible political alternative which, however, was never translated into the language of practical politics.