Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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THE RÁKÓCZI'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Since the split of the Hungarian Kingdom in 1526 the idea of becoming independent from the Habsburgs emerged into Hungarian history. In 1666 Palatine Ferenc Wesselényi and other magnates started plotting against the Habsburgs, while in 1671 the soldiers dismissed from the border castles joined Imre Thököly's army as fugitives ("kurucok"] and took up the fight against the imperial forces in the northern part of the country and inTransylvania.The anti- Habsburg policy was carried on by Thököly's stepson, Ferenc Rákóczi II, who announced a national war of liberation in May 1703. In September 1703 he called on Pest County to join him in his fight. Thus, hardly had the reconstructions begun when Imre Thököly Vác was sucked in to the swirl of the Rákóczi's War of Independence, which yet again resulted in misery and devastation. During these troubled times neither Bishop Mihály Dvornikovits nor his successor, Imre Esterházy, spent much time in their see. Both of them entrusted Grand Provost András Berkes, deputy bishop, with the governance of the diocese. There were 67 men in Vác who joined Rákóczi and took part in the fights under the command The seal of Ferenc Rákóczi II The signature of Ferenc Rákóczi II Safe-conduct issued by Ferenc Rákóczi II for the town of Vác on 20 March 1710 Portrait of Ferenc Rákóczi II by Ádám Mányoki Mihály Dvornikovits, Bishop ofVác Grand Provost András Berkes 18TH CENTURIE 1740 1742. december 1761 1764 1772 Plague epidemic The division ofVác into Bishop's and Chapter's Vác The town is granted the privilege of holding weekly markets Maria Theresa's visit to Vác The new cathec is consecrate
