Rezso Jarmalov
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of History, Department Member
Ferenc Otrokocsi Fóris (1648–1718), the former Reformate clerk, later professor at the Catholic University of Nagyszombat (today: Trnava, Slovakia) has lived an extraordinary life, which included many interesting milestones like:... more
Ferenc Otrokocsi Fóris (1648–1718), the former Reformate clerk, later professor at the Catholic University of Nagyszombat (today: Trnava, Slovakia) has lived an extraordinary life, which included many interesting milestones like: important western studies, Catholic oppression, death sentence, being a galley slave, changing religion, and professorship at the university. In the first part of my paper, we presented Otrokocsi’s path of life emphasizing the newest researches combined with the well-known facts. In the second part of our study, we introduced Otrokocsi’s nearly forgotten, monumental ecclesiastical work, called Historia Ecclesiastica Hungarorum. We introduced this opus’ extant manuscript, which can be found in Vienna and Budapest. In this paper, we examined these manuscripts and declared their connection to each other. Finally – at the last part of our study – we tried to get some attention on the manuscripts’ textual incoherences, which can make the researcher’s life more difficult, if they would like to pursue a deeper research on this work.
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Ferenc Otrokocsi Fóris (1648 – 1718), the former Reformate clerk, later professor at the Catholic University of Nagyszombat (today: Trnava, Slovakia) has lived an extraordinary life, which included many interesting milestones like:... more
Ferenc Otrokocsi Fóris (1648 – 1718), the former Reformate clerk, later professor at the Catholic University of Nagyszombat (today: Trnava, Slovakia) has lived an extraordinary life, which included many interesting milestones like: important western studies, Catholic oppression, death sentence, being a galley slave, changing religion, and professorship at the university. In the first part my paper, we presented Otrokocsi’s path of life emphasizing the newest researches combined with the well-known facts. In the second part of our study, we introduced Otrokocsi’s nearly forgotten, monumental ecclesiastical work, called Historia Ecclesiastica Hungarorum. We introduced this opus’ remained manuscript, which can be found in Vienna and Budapest. In this paper, we examined these manuscripts and declared their connection to on an other.