Egy jászsági redemptus család öt generációjának története

Absztrakt

Jászság, situated in the centre of Hungary, was a privileged territory during feudalism. Its habitants were primarily farming and stock-raising free peasants. In 1745 they regained their former privileges by the so called redemption (redemptio). The present study traces the course of life of a redemptus family from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the 1960s. The story of the family’s five generations is characterised by a succession of failures (economic crises, wars, epidemics and crises caused by sudden deaths) and new beginnings (quick remarriages, migration to places considered more favourable, learning of a trade etc). The analysis presents those strategies that each family employed in order to survive and grow.