I want to grab the individual narratives of the past, who are in the periphery of historical interest. I would like to populate the 18-century Transylvanian with their stories, which are insignificant in themselves, but expressively in their context.
Trough the history of a Transylvanian elite family in early modern age, I examine the net of people living in cousinhood and emotional bond, their strategies, relationship, and the transfer of memory between generations.
Considering the family success stories of the Hungarians immigrated into France after the Peace of Szatmár (1711) we must rethink the theories on the social dynamism of the ancien regime.
The “Integrating Families” Momentum Project has received funding from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and operates
in the Institute of History of the Research Centre for the Humanities, HAS.
Contact
“Integrating Families” HAS-Momentum Project,
Humán Tudományok Háza, 1097 Budapest,
Tóth Kálmán street 4., B. building 4th floor. lendulet.csaladtortenetek@btk.mta.hu