„Mennyi bizonytalanságnak kiszolgáltatva bolyong az ember a földön…” A Rákóczi-emigráció és történelmi jelentősége
“Man Roams the Earth in the Midst of So Much Uncertainty...”: The Rákóczi Emigration and Its Historical Significance

Summary/Abstract: Ferenc Rákóczi II is a favorite figure in European history, which is partly due to the fact that after the fall of the war of independence (1703-1711) he was forced into a long exile. The story of the emigrant prince and his comrades was one of the most popular and controversial topics in our national history, whose perception changed from era to era. The study tries to point out the significance of the Rákóczi emigration through the historical sketch of the Peace of Satu Mare, based on recent research. The prince, who was forced to emigrate to Turkey after the years spent in France, and the Hungarian fugitives who have followed him not only received refuge in their new home in Tekirdağ, but also established a new Hungarian emigrant political and spiritual center. Here, along with the unrealized foreign policy plans, such masterpieces were created as Rákóczi’s Confessions (Confessio peccatoris) or the Letters from Turkey of Mikes Clement. The Hungarians from Tekirdağ and their compatriots forced into French exile have played an important role in the eastern arena of French secret diplomacy and also in the spread of Hungarian hussarship in Western Europe.

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