Az 1847. évi vármegyei anyautasítások összehasonlító elemzése = Comparative analysis of the county instructions of 1847

Deák, Ádám (2026) Az 1847. évi vármegyei anyautasítások összehasonlító elemzése = Comparative analysis of the county instructions of 1847. LEVÉLTÁRI KÖZLEMÉNYEK, 96. pp. 215-257. ISSN 0024-1512

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Abstract

This essay analyses and compares the deputy instructions issued by the forty-ninecounties of the Kingdom of Hungary (excluding Transylvania and Croatia) in1847. These instructions fundamentally shaped the functioning of the HungarianDiet. After the king had issued the summons to the Diet, the counties drafted theinstructions through small committees. The documents provided guidance to thedeputies on all matters considered important at the county level, and any devia-tion from these could result that the deputy would be recalled and replaced. As theparliamentary negotiations progressed and new issues emerged, the deputies oftenrequired additional instructions and suspended their activity until receiving fur-ther guidance. In addition, the deputies were usually obliged to submit weeklyreports to their counties on the proceedings of the Diet. Despite their importance,only a limited number of deputy instructions have so far been published as sources(for example, those are Borsod, Zala, Somogy, Zemplén counties). This paperexamines county positions on key issues, such as public taxation, the abolition ofaviticitas, the abolition of serfdom, as well as economic, educational, religious,military, constitutional, social questions, and offers a comparative analysis of howdifferent counties addressed these matters.

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