- Personal Details: Date of Birth: 5 April 1965; Place of Birth: Gyoma; Nationality: Hungarian/Magyar; Marital Status: ... morePersonal Details: Date of Birth: 5 April 1965; Place of Birth: Gyoma; Nationality: Hungarian/Magyar; Marital Status: Married (1992), Ildikó Papp, (born Ildikó Pozojévich); Number of children: four (Sándor, Péter, Daniel and Ákos )E-mail: papps@hist.u-szeged.hu
Academic titles: 2011 Habilitation; 2014 Professorate; 2015 Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Science; Work experience:2014 – Head of Department of Medieval and Early Modern Hungarian History at the University of Szeged, Hungary; 1997-2014 Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the Department of Medieval and Early Modern Hungarian History at the University of Szeged 2005-2006 Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Ruprecht-Karls University, Seminar of the languages and cultures of the Near East, Heidelberg 2000- 2009 Head of Department of Early Modern History at the Károli Gáspár Protestant University in Budapest 1989-1997 Lecturer of the Department of History in the Juhász Gyula Teacher Training School in Szegededit
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Gábor Bethlen's rise to power as seen in Ottoman sources and historiography. Tayyib Gökbilgin's research work and results The paper aims to call attention to the lifework of Tayyip Gökbilgin, who, thanks to his Hungarology studies... more
Gábor Bethlen's rise to power as seen in Ottoman sources and historiography. Tayyib Gökbilgin's research work and results
The paper aims to call attention to the lifework of Tayyip Gökbilgin, who, thanks to his Hungarology studies completed in Ankara, was mostly interested in Turkish-Hungarian history. Gökbilgin's works provide an overview of almost the entire period of TurkishHungarian relations. But the paper discusses in detail only one of his papers, published in 1950, which gives a brief account of the 16th-century history of the Transylvanian independent state, while focusing on Gábor Bethlen's rise to power. The work is a thorough critique of the opinion of Gyula Szekfű, the leading Hungarian historian of the interwar period. Gökbilgin wrote this paper after conducting thorough research in various archives, so his results reveal novelties to Hungarian historians. But the paper goes beyond presenting how the arguments of the Turkish historian counter the views of his Hungarian colleague: it also provides additional data on the history of Gábor Bethlen's rise to power, based on the author's own research. Using the text of a memorandum from the Grand Vizier, it specifies the point from when the Sublime Porte was effectively preparing for an armed solution. (The source is being prepared for publication by Mehmet Tosun and Feridun M. Emecen, I used it and published its text in Turkish and in Hungarian translation with their permission.) At the same time, on the basis of the first Ottoman charter it was possible to substantiate the fact that the Porte already considered Gábor Bethlen the de facto ruler of Transylvania at least one month before his election.
The paper aims to call attention to the lifework of Tayyip Gökbilgin, who, thanks to his Hungarology studies completed in Ankara, was mostly interested in Turkish-Hungarian history. Gökbilgin's works provide an overview of almost the entire period of TurkishHungarian relations. But the paper discusses in detail only one of his papers, published in 1950, which gives a brief account of the 16th-century history of the Transylvanian independent state, while focusing on Gábor Bethlen's rise to power. The work is a thorough critique of the opinion of Gyula Szekfű, the leading Hungarian historian of the interwar period. Gökbilgin wrote this paper after conducting thorough research in various archives, so his results reveal novelties to Hungarian historians. But the paper goes beyond presenting how the arguments of the Turkish historian counter the views of his Hungarian colleague: it also provides additional data on the history of Gábor Bethlen's rise to power, based on the author's own research. Using the text of a memorandum from the Grand Vizier, it specifies the point from when the Sublime Porte was effectively preparing for an armed solution. (The source is being prepared for publication by Mehmet Tosun and Feridun M. Emecen, I used it and published its text in Turkish and in Hungarian translation with their permission.) At the same time, on the basis of the first Ottoman charter it was possible to substantiate the fact that the Porte already considered Gábor Bethlen the de facto ruler of Transylvania at least one month before his election.
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OTTOMAN LETTERS OF CONTRACT (‛AHDNÂME) AND INAUGURATION ORDERS (BERÂT) In the Ottoman Empire, apart from the centrally administered provinces there were territories and communities, which preserved local autonomies and were governed by an... more
OTTOMAN LETTERS OF CONTRACT (‛AHDNÂME) AND INAUGURATION ORDERS (BERÂT) In the Ottoman Empire, apart from the centrally administered provinces there were territories and communities, which preserved local autonomies and were governed by an elite preserved from the period before the Ottoman conquest. The rights of these provinces and communities were secured by letters of privilege issued by the Ottoman state, or by specific parts of the inauguration documents granted for the entity’s leaders. In this paper I study the vassal relations in the Ottoman Empire’s territory through documents preserved in various archives. My main goal is to provide a textual analysis of diplomatics concerning the two main types of documents used for these purposes: the sultanic treaty letter ('ahdnâme) and the inauguration document for heads of vassals (berât) as well as their variations.
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The Ottoman social network of a Habsburg ambassador, Simon Reniger in Constantinople. Viziers, muftis and Hungarian renegades The paper focuses on the Ottoman social network of a Habsburg ambassador, Simon Reniger, who lived in... more
The Ottoman social network of a Habsburg ambassador, Simon Reniger
in Constantinople. Viziers, muftis and Hungarian renegades
The paper focuses on the Ottoman social network of a Habsburg ambassador, Simon
Reniger, who lived in Constantinople in the middle of the 17th century. The ambassador's
connections can be broken down into different groups based on the nature of the connection. The fact that, apart from the members of the uppermost circles, those belonging to
the middle and lower classes are not mentioned in contemporary historical works, only in
Ottoman, German or Hungarian archival sources, makes the research and the identification of persons difficult. As the case studies presented show, including one about the life of
an Ottoman envoy who lived in Vienna as well, how difficult it is to discover the identity of
Ottoman officials. But all things considered we can claim that Simon Reniger surrounded
himself with an Ottoman social network which mostly comprised Hungarian renegades.
in Constantinople. Viziers, muftis and Hungarian renegades
The paper focuses on the Ottoman social network of a Habsburg ambassador, Simon
Reniger, who lived in Constantinople in the middle of the 17th century. The ambassador's
connections can be broken down into different groups based on the nature of the connection. The fact that, apart from the members of the uppermost circles, those belonging to
the middle and lower classes are not mentioned in contemporary historical works, only in
Ottoman, German or Hungarian archival sources, makes the research and the identification of persons difficult. As the case studies presented show, including one about the life of
an Ottoman envoy who lived in Vienna as well, how difficult it is to discover the identity of
Ottoman officials. But all things considered we can claim that Simon Reniger surrounded
himself with an Ottoman social network which mostly comprised Hungarian renegades.