Conscriptions from 1687 of the five congregations of the Maros Reformed Church County

The aim of my thesis is to present and analyse in detail the 1687 conscriptions of five congregations in the Maros Reformed Church District, namely: Csejd, Kebeleszentiván, Jedd, Koronka, and Marosszentkirály. The primary source of my research is one of the oldest surviving matriculas of the Maros district, which provides valuable insight into the life and financial circumstances of the congregations in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the first part of the thesis, I offer a brief historical overview of the formation of the church district, followed by a concise history of the five settlements concerned. Based on the conscriptions, I then carry out a detailed analysis of the congregations’ movable assets (e.g., communion vessels, textiles, books) and immovable property (e.g., landholdings, pastors’ and teachers’ residences), as well as the role and types of donations. Throughout the analysis, I place particular emphasis on the remuneration of ministers and teachers, the operation of church administration, and the manifestations of communal cooperation. As part of my thesis, I also include the full, transcribed text of the conscriptions in order to support further research on the subject. With this work, I aim to contribute to a better understanding of the functioning of the early modern Transylvanian Reformed church structure and to shed light on the social, economic, and cultural role of the church during the period in question.