A pozsonyi jezsuita kollégium mint összetett intézmény a 17. században
The Jesuit College of Pressburg as a Composite Institution in the Seventeenth Century

Summary/Abstract: The Jesuit College of Pressburg [Bratislava/Pozsony], founded on 11 September 1626 by Archbishop Péter Pázmány of Esztergom, is made doubly remarkable by the early date and the location of its establishment. The study explores the first period in the history of the convent and college, until 1671, mainly on the basis of Jesuit sources. It analyses the process of foundation, burdened with conflicts with both the Lutheran urban government and the local chapter, and the two phases of the college’s construction (1628–1635). Based on a prosopographical reseach, the author presents the 341 members who served in the college until 1671, most of them doing pastoral work, the rest laymen and students. She also surveys the functioning of the college and the alumni (class structure, numbers, age, nationality, social status, confession) with the help of the surviving registers, and examines the ways of preaching, catechesis, administering the sacraments, religious retreat, social discipline, missionary work and popular religion, thereby emphasising the importance of pastoral work for the Jesuits.

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