Wine and the Soldiers

A Microhistory of Hungary, 1761–1799

AvIstván M. Szijártó

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This book is a social and economic history of Hungary in the late eighteenth century, written in the form of a microhistory. Through microanalyses of a miller’s recruitment into the army, the life of a vagrant farm labourer, the illicit sale of wine by a postmaster, a violent conflict between two squires, and two murder cases, it addresses a range of important themes, including the relationship between peasant communities and their lords, and the presence of the army in the everyday lives of common people. These micro-level analyses combine to create a coherent account of Hungary from the 1760s to the end of the century. They reveal significant capital accumulation in the agrarian sector, the omnipresence of both the army and wine in everyday life, and crucial role played by the local communities of the oppressed population in sustaining the ancien régime. In this way, microhistory offers a novel framework for national history. The Wine and the Soldiers: A Microhistory of Hungary, 1761–1799 is intended primarily for historians and postgraduate students interested in Hungarian history and, more broadly, in early modern Europe. It may also appeal to readers interested in an innovative methodological approach demonstrating how microhistory can illuminate the major historical questions of late eighteenth-century Hungary—issues more commonly explored through macro-level historical scholarship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-13
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Microhistories
Antal sidor:234
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041222033

Utforska kategorier

Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

István M. Szijártó is Professor of History at Eötvös University, Budapest. His research focuses on the history of the Hungarian Diet in the eighteenth century and on microhistory. His publications in English include Estates and Constitution. The Parliament in Eighteenth-Century Hungary (2020) and, with Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon, What is Microhistory? Theory and Practice (2013). Together with Wim Blockmans and László Kontler, he co-edited Parliamentarism in Northern and East-Central Europe in the Long Eighteenth Century. Volume I: Representative Institutions and Political Motivation (2023) and Volume II: Practices of Representation (2025).

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresList of MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsCurrency and measuresChapter 1: ‘Fit to be a Soldier’: The Fiscal-Military State and the Local CommunityThe Gloomy WidowNoblemen and PeasantsThe Squire’s Wine and the Miller’s WifeSubjects: Useful and DisposableMacaroni and CommunityChapter 2: The Wanderings of Panna RósaMobility in the Ancien RégimeThe Mobility of Peasants, the Freedom of WomenQuestion Marks and ParallelsTo Ladakh or to ZagrebChapter 3: ‘Let them cane you!’Babócsa and its SquiresWine, Money, and the Postal ServiceThe Attorney’s Career and the Postmaster’s HonourNoblemen with and without ChartersMichael Kolhaas in Transylvania and in BabócsaChapter 4: Who’s Afraid of Anna Rósa?Women’s AfflictionsWomen’s RightsWomen in Court and on Tax ListsWomen in Last Wills and Divisions of PropertyWomen Proprietors in Judicial Practice and JurisprudenceThe Return of Panna Rósa?Murder in RigácsThe Noble FamilyChapter 5: The Miller’s FortuneRobbery, Murder, and Criminal JusticeA Jesuit in the Bakony Hills?Menocchio in InotaThe Squire, the Bishop, and the Accumulation of CapitalJura regalia minoraChapter 6: Enlightenment in the Melon Field?The Responsibility of Sowing Melon SeedsThe Background of a ConflictBack to the ‘Black Lands’Enlightenment in Vienna and BercelGyörgy Bessenyei, Pierre-Simon de Laplace and a Nineteenth-Century EnlightenmentEpilogue: A Toothless Crocodile?The Uses of Microhistory and Hungary in the Ancien RégimeThe Economic System I: Grains and MillsThe Economic System II: The Army as Consumer and the Peasants’ MoneyThe Army I: Recruits and DesertersThe Army II: The Return of János KoszerSociety I: Pitchfork, Sword, PickaxeSociety II: Herrschaft mit BauernBibliographyIndex