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Article THE SEKLERS IN TRANSYLVANIA. ← Page 3 of 7 →
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The Seklers In Transylvania.
many who had been implicated lost their freedom , and became the vassals of those magnates { Primates ) who had remained faithful . In the seventeenth century , when Transylvania fell to Austria , the emperor refused to grant the privileges of nobility to the whole nation . The rights of the Primates were respectedbut the second and third classes
, were subjected to taxation , which , in 1842 , amounted to 124 , 324 florins , and likewise to furnish soldiers . Notwithstanding the inroads on their constitution , the Seklers are still always called Nobiles , and enjoy the privileges of the Hungarian nobles , —Jagd and Hut-recht , —freedom from socage to the state : they can only be tried in their own
courts , and are not subjected to inquisition . In default of male heirs , the daughters inherit the property ; and when there are no heirs , the neighbour comes into possession . The Seklers have always preserved their martial spirit . During one of the invasions of their country hy the Tartars ,
a bloody sword was carried from cottage to cottage , and the militia assembled under leaders chosen by themselves . In the revolution which broke out in 1562 , forty thousand men were under arms — one-fourth of the entire population . In the war with the Turks in 1692 , they voluntarily offered the contribution of 22 , 000 florins , and in the following year
double that sum . Besides their warlike propensity , the Seklers have a very litigious spirit ; and we may remark that , in like manner , the ancient Romans had the most celebrated code of laws , and the present Normans are remarkable for their litigious character . So early as the fifteenth centurythe Hungarians
, had their national code of laws , which has force and effect down to the present day ; and the science of jurisprudence constitutes a part of general education , and is taught in the public schools . Thus it appears that the warlike propensity of nations has early created the want of a settled system of law , to supersede , as it were , the necessity of an appeal to arms .
The Seklers are tall , well-built , and strong ; they have black moustachios , and their features are regular , with less of the oriental cast than those of the Hungarians . Their hair is either worn short , or plaited and hanging down upon one shoulder . They wear linen dresses , in the Hungarian fashion , and are neat and cleanly in their domestic arrangements .
They have a strong feeling of nationality , and are with difficulty persuaded to learn a foreign language . In other parts of Transylvania , the Wallachs persist in not learning Magyar ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Seklers In Transylvania.
many who had been implicated lost their freedom , and became the vassals of those magnates { Primates ) who had remained faithful . In the seventeenth century , when Transylvania fell to Austria , the emperor refused to grant the privileges of nobility to the whole nation . The rights of the Primates were respectedbut the second and third classes
, were subjected to taxation , which , in 1842 , amounted to 124 , 324 florins , and likewise to furnish soldiers . Notwithstanding the inroads on their constitution , the Seklers are still always called Nobiles , and enjoy the privileges of the Hungarian nobles , —Jagd and Hut-recht , —freedom from socage to the state : they can only be tried in their own
courts , and are not subjected to inquisition . In default of male heirs , the daughters inherit the property ; and when there are no heirs , the neighbour comes into possession . The Seklers have always preserved their martial spirit . During one of the invasions of their country hy the Tartars ,
a bloody sword was carried from cottage to cottage , and the militia assembled under leaders chosen by themselves . In the revolution which broke out in 1562 , forty thousand men were under arms — one-fourth of the entire population . In the war with the Turks in 1692 , they voluntarily offered the contribution of 22 , 000 florins , and in the following year
double that sum . Besides their warlike propensity , the Seklers have a very litigious spirit ; and we may remark that , in like manner , the ancient Romans had the most celebrated code of laws , and the present Normans are remarkable for their litigious character . So early as the fifteenth centurythe Hungarians
, had their national code of laws , which has force and effect down to the present day ; and the science of jurisprudence constitutes a part of general education , and is taught in the public schools . Thus it appears that the warlike propensity of nations has early created the want of a settled system of law , to supersede , as it were , the necessity of an appeal to arms .
The Seklers are tall , well-built , and strong ; they have black moustachios , and their features are regular , with less of the oriental cast than those of the Hungarians . Their hair is either worn short , or plaited and hanging down upon one shoulder . They wear linen dresses , in the Hungarian fashion , and are neat and cleanly in their domestic arrangements .
They have a strong feeling of nationality , and are with difficulty persuaded to learn a foreign language . In other parts of Transylvania , the Wallachs persist in not learning Magyar ,