Rokonok – A „gentry” hálózatrendszer mintavétele Szatmárból (1867–1918) = Social and family networks of the gentry in Szatmár (1867–1918)

Szilágyi, László (2024) Rokonok – A „gentry” hálózatrendszer mintavétele Szatmárból (1867–1918) = Social and family networks of the gentry in Szatmár (1867–1918). In: A rang kötelez : Rendi és rendies magatartásformák a középkortól a 20. századig. Eszterházy Károly Katolikus Egyetem Líceum Kiadó, Eger, pp. 357-377.

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Abstract

The study examined the weakening of the existential position of the nobility and the cohesion of the family network of the political elite, the members of parliament, in the period of dualism. County and national data shed light on the variability of the concept of gentry: the period did not produce a well-defined and definable social stratum, but a malleable socio-political concept. Electoral and semantic statistics, as well as the analysis of the ‚old electors’ and their descendants by name and surname, and the historical analysis of names, helped to define the scope and number of the middle class/middle classes. An examination of the census records of the eligible voters shows that in county Szatmár (as in Szabolcs) the descendants of about 30% of the former county nobility lost their right to vote. The former nobility, according to the sociometry of its political elite, maintained their influence through closed family ties, which became a reason for their isolation.

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