„Az körösi faluk felől igen gyenge reménységünk lehet…” I. Apafi Mihály és kormányzata küzdelme Halmágy-vidék megtartásáért (1670-1671)
“There Can Be but Faint Hope about the Körös Villages…”: The Struggle of Michael I Apafi and His Government to Keep the Halmágy Region (1670-1671)

Summary/Abstract: The era of the Principality of Transylvania (1661-1690) marked by the name of Michael I Apafi is considered by historians as a turbulent period of the state. This was mainly due to the events of the second sovereignty crisis, the fall of Varad (1660) and the fall of most of Partium to the Ottomans. As a consequence, a considerable part of the western Transylvanian counties were forced to pay taxes to both the Ottoman provinces and the principality, i.e. this region was also characterised by the so-called double possession (condominium). In order to run their provinces, the Ottoman vilayets’ heads sought to increase their taxed territories at the expense of the Principality of Transylvania. This period became a constant source of conflict between Transylvania and the Ottoman provinces. The aim of the study is to describe one episode of the conflict: the negotiations between the Temesvár Vilayet and the government of the Principality of Transylvania for the taxation of the villages in the Halmágy region in 1670-1671 and to present the results.

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