O familie armalista la frontiera de vest a Principatului Transilvaniei: Polyk de Oradea
An armalist family at the western border of Transylvania: Polyk of Oradea

Summary/Abstract: There were lots of families in the Principality of Transylvania, but also in Partium, the Banat and Maramureș among the nobiliary families, especially in the 17th century, most of them due to military reasons. An almost unknown family was noted so, following the papers discovered within the archives of Timișoara Roman-Catholic Bishopric. The family’s destiny run in the border area of the Principality during an age of intense political and military challenges. The family’s members got military positions in the fortress of Oradea and were repaid for their services with the prince’s reconnaissance, mainly with the Armalist diploma.

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