A katonai rangok terminológiája II. Rákóczi Ferenc Confessio Peccatoris című művében
Terminology of Military Ranks in Confessio Peccatoris, the Work of Francis II Rákóczi

Summary/Abstract: It was during his emigration to France, when Ferenc Rákóczi II had begun writing his Latin work, Confessio Peccatoris, in which he looked back at his life and examined how God’s grace had been affecting it previously. The period of the War of Independence, i.e. the period between 1703 and 1711, is not part of this particular autobiography. Nevertheless, the text regularly refers to persons who played an important role as soldiers or leaders during the War of Independence and later played a significant role in Rákóczi’s life. Rákóczi also completed the history of the War of Independence in French, entitled Memoirs during the same period. The study focuses on the consistency of Rákóczi’s terminology used to express military ranks in the Confessio Peccatoris and three other sources; namely the terminology of historical sources, the Regulamentum universale issued during the war of independence, and the terminology of the Memoirs. The paper also attempts to detect any differences between each person’s rank mentioned in the Confessio Peccatoris and the three latter sources. From the similarities and differences we can draw conclusions about Rákóczi’s self-stylization approach and the extent to which he followed and knew the contemporary military and strategic literature and the memories of other warlords.

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