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    STUDIA HISTORIA - Issue no. 1 / 2013  
         
  Article:   AN ALREADY FORGOTTEN INSTITUTION – THE HISTORY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / SZENTLÉLEK ALMSHOUSE OF CLUJ-NAPOCA (CLAUSENBURG / KOLOZSVÁR) IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD.

Authors:  ENIKŐ RÜSZ-FOGARASI. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  This study seeks to provide a brief historical outline of a long forgotten institution, namely one of the almshouses in Cluj, dedicated to the Holy Spirit when it was founded. It carried out its activity during a period when the Transylvanian principality was governed by the municipal authority. Under the regulations in force, the town community, represented by a council comprising one hundred members, elected the master warden who was entrusted with the management of this establishment. Based on documentary sources, we can very identify, with great accuracy, the material endowment and management of this almshouse, the people who were appointed as managers of this institution, and the care provided to the people in need, based on data referring to the shelter, food and clothing that were offered to them.

Keywords: Early modern Cluj, almshouse, master warden, municipal government, the poor 		 
         
     
         
         
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