Párhuzamos családi karrierek a kora újkori Sopron vármegyében

Absztrakt

The two case studies – the Zeke family of Petőháza and the Nagy family of Felsőbük – both come from a long line of landholding nobility occupying official positions in Sopron county where they had originally arrived and settled following different migration patterns. The author uses their example to demonstrate the political foundations of county representation in the early modern period as wellas the next possible career phase besides the offices of national dignitaries, that of the protonotarius. As the relationship between the county nobility and peers gradually changed from dominus-servitor to a looser, less well-defined patron-client bond, learning and education as a means of social mobilisation and migration became the common social strategy behind these career paths.