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.

The focus of my work is the analysis of the city management elite in Debrecen. For this, I find it necessary to describe the methodological antecedents of my investigations, which points at the origin of the techniques and investigation aspects used for individual findings, as well as an explanation of the concepts I use. This description is then followed by a comparison of the legislative authority committees of the two years examined (1929, 1935), in which I have the opportunity to establish a narrower elite group. Using examples drawn from contemporary sources, I study this group based on their attempts to retain and gain power