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• MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS IN THE RESEARCH OF EARLY MODERN DISPUTATIONS

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  Gábor Förköli

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  The scholarship of early modern disputations has focused on printed theses, given their status as one of the most prevalent forms of printed material during that historical period. Despite the paucity of extant minutes transcribing discussions of these theses, this article posits that such manuscript sources merit consideration when researching this topic. This article explores the potential of handwritten documents, such as university records and notebooks of Hungarian students, to enhance our understanding of disputation practices in Central Europe during the period between 1580 and 1660. A comparison of printed disputations characteristic of Protestant Europe with manuscripts of Catholic and Jesuit provenance reveals a divergent function of scholarly debates. This latter group of disputations was less focused on the individual performance of the respondent and served more as a method of recapitulation in everyday education. In contrast, Protestant examples illustrate that disputations played a pivotal role in the dissemination of scientific knowledge and expertise. As professors and students transferred information from their respective homelands to university centres and vice versa, the medium of disputations underwent a transition from print to manuscript or vice versa.

• A BIBLIOGRAPHY, LIST OF LECTURES, AND THE PERSON BEHIND THEM: THE LIFE OF THE LEGAL SCHOLAR, DR. SÁNDOR KOVÁCS ON THE BASIS OF THE MEMOIRES OF HIS DAUGHTER, ILONA

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  Balázs Dávid Magyar

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  The present article intends to illuminate the colorful life of dr. Sándor Kovács, who was the first professor of the Department of the Roman Law founded in 1875 at Reformed College of Debrecen. The study focuses on the forty years’ service of Kovács pursued in the „Calvinist Rome”. Doing so, the paper scrutinizes the history and evolution of the law school in Debrecen before the arrival of dr. Kovács. Secondly, by using the manuscripts of one of his children, Ilona, the study depicts the personal and family life of the professor bedecked by the touching memories of storytelling, vineyards, and long walks in the Great Forest of Debrecen. Nevertheless, the paper takes into consideration that dr. Kovács as a high-esteemed professor of the roman law delivered lectures and publications of general interest. Creating a novelty in the research, the study collects and publishes the bibliography of dr. Kovács’s printed works together with his academic lectures in a detailed, chronological list.