„Az holott is mint baglyok…” Erdély megmaradását a román vajdák mellett pennával szolgálva
“Like Owls…”: Serving Transylvania’s Stability by Pen, alongside the Romanian Voivodes

Summary/Abstract: Hungarian secretaries, who worked in the chancelleries of Moldavian and Wallachian voivodes, belonged to a special group of the official intelligentsia employed in the Eastern foreign policy of the Principality of Transylvania. They were active between the middle of the 16th century and the beginning of the 18th century. These scribes, who in many cases came from the Transylvanian Princely Chancellery and were closely connected with the person of the Moldavian or Wallachian voivodes, also performed similar tasks as the permanent Transylvanian envoys to the Porte. They acted as interpreters if needed or went on a mission as legates if called for. With their help, the voivodes provided the Transylvanian prince or towns in the border region with international news, but many times they themselves informed Transylvania at their own initiative. Their confidential, reliable work greatly contributed to the survival of the Principality.

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