Altdorf és az erdélyi unitáriusok
The University at Altdorf and the Transylvanian Unitarians

Summary/Abstract: The paper gives a review of those relations that came to existence between the University of Nürnberg founded at end of the 16th century and the Transylvanian Unitarians. Th e paper concludes that aft er the storms of the Fift een Years’ War it became essential for the reshuffl ing Transylvanian Unitarians to fi nd a university where they can send their students. Th is must be explaining the fact that among the members of the group from Kolozsvár visiting Altdorf in 1608 were not only students, but most probably also members of a delegation of the town. Furthermore the paper shows that until the early 1620s more Unitarian students studied here for mostly a shorter period. Th e paper focuses on János Varsolczi enumerating documents about his activity and erudition. Th e closing part of the paper proves that in the surroundings of Erns Soner, the famous professor of Aldorf one can fi nd not only Socinian authors, but also the Trasnylvanian radical Nonadorantist tendencies, which were so familiar amongst the Antitrinitarians in Transylvania. Th e author primarily refers to Martin Seidel and his texts. It was long-known that Simon Pécsi wanted to acquire for himself the manuscript of his most radical work. Th is recent paper also publishes new data and deliberation about this episode.

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