„Az Felséged praefecturája szegény hazánknak szabadságinak nagy romlására volt”
The Management of Treasury During the Bethlen Era

Summary/Abstract: We would like to present the Prince’s decisions and motivations in connection with treasury through data collected about a new-old fiscal office: that of the princely prefect. This research is only in its incipient phase as in presenting this office and its duties we can only refer to the incomplete collection of documents regarding Tamás Debreczeni, a princely prefect. In the sources this fiscal office appears as praefectus absolutus, and its most important functions are the following: administration of the estate, administration of the prince’s rights and establishing relations with cities and towns of the Principality of Transylvania. This office was created probably after the Hungarian financial administration system. During our research we could identify a new office, that of the treasury prefect, later referred to as treasurer. We can be sure that this latter one was a permanent office beginning from the late Báthory era and that there was a small size administrative personnel in its subordination.

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