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• Regéci „importáruk” Sárospatakon a 17. század végén

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  Sárospatak and Regéc used to be the centres of two neighbouring manors. During the 17th century, both were owned by the Rákóczi family, and as such, they played a role in Rákóczi’s War of Independence, which primarily meant economic burdens. The increased taxes mainly had a negative impact on the population of the Regéc manor. The topic of our investigation could be the analysis of these burdens, but we focused on the cooperation of the two manors. This hitherto neglected research direction can provide new aspects for the maintenance and operation of management and the economic system. What was the level of goods turnover? How much were these goods worth? What percentage of “imported” products accounted for the total income of the given product that year, that is, how big a deficit was there in farming in Sárospatak? What was the reason for this kind of cooperation? To answer our questions, we have used the accounts of the two estates. We are in the fortunate position that the ratios of the years 1711 and 1712 are available for both manors, which gives us the opportunity to compare: was the product sent from Regéc really recorded as the same amount in Patak? We apologize in advance, but there are many similar differences between the two documents, to which we will try to find answers in our study. However, the further accounts (from 1695, 1696, and 1701) are only related to the Regéc estate, so we can only rely on one-sided data about the goods delivered to Patak, and their quantity. Based on the sources used during our investigation, we were able to outline the Regéc “export” of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, its extent and reasons, which results can serve as a basis for further research regarding the economic cooperation of the neighbouring Rákóczi manors.

• „Méltóságos Fejedelem egész udvarnépével edgyütt Szerencsen continuálván lakását” – A szerencsi uradalom a 17. század végén

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  In April 1695, Ferenc Rákóczi II. arrived to the territory of their Szerencs estate with his family: his wife, brother and brother-in-law. They enjoyed the hospitality of the estate for almost half a year. The visit had its antecedents. The prince spent the former year on a cruise in Italy, arriving back from which his brother welcomed him with bad news: their family estates were waiting to be taken over in a dilapidated state. After this impression, the young Rákóczi decided to visit all his family estates. Many of the surviving documents from the visit in 1695 come from the accounts of the neighbouring Regéc estate. This is because food had been sent to Szerencs several times. In our study, we try to reconstruct the said visit on the basis of these resources, asking the question why the economic assistance of the neighbouring Regéc was needed. To answer this, we would try to outline the history of the Szerencs manor, starting from its inception, focusing on the allodial economic system.