Cserei Mihály
Mihály Cserei

Summary/Abstract: One of the most important Transylvanian historiographers in the first part of the 18th century was Mihály Cserei. He was born in Csíkrákos on the 21th of October 1668. During Rákóczi’s War for Independence, he was captured and tormented. After 1721, he withdrew from public life, and dedicated himself entirely to his studies. His unfinished “História” (History), written in Hungarian, tells the history of Transylvania in the period between 1661 and 1712. He died in Nagyajta in 1756.

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