Vay Miklós Zemplén megyei közéleti pályakezdése (1825–1831)
The early political career of Miklós Vay in Zemplén county (1825–1831)

Summary/Abstract: In my thesis I aim to present a relatively short period in the life of an exceptionally prominent conservative politician of the 19th century, Baron Miklós Vay’s (1802–1894), when he worked as notary, then deputy lieutenant (vicecomes) in Zemplén county. His career is worth examining, and still has not been investigated in detail. As it has not yet been analyzed, one can only learn of his activities from the relatively small number of archival sources and on the basis of a few written records. In my work I have focused my attention on Vay’s activities in Zemplén county from 1825 to 1831. I studied it in the context of the political activity of the Hungarian aristocracy in the period ranging from 1790 to 1848. As Vay’s person is in the center of my research, I present his appointments and election to the offices, and his supporters in the county and later in the country and empire, too. I can only give a general picture of Vay’s activities from these archival documents, which is an important aspect in itself as well, and can also provide useful information for an eventual complete Vay-biography in the future.

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