On the afternoon of 11 September 2025, a double book launch was held at the Somogy County Archives of the Hungarian National Archives. On this occasion, alongside Éva Knapp’s volume Regeneratio et constantia. Egy 18. századi dél-dunántúli település, Mesztegnyő újjáéledése az egyházi források tükrében (Regeneratio et constantia. The Revival of an Eighteenth-Century Settlement in Southern Transdanubia, Mesztegnyő, in the Light of Ecclesiastical Sources), a source edition by Viktor Kanász, research fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, entitled A veszprémi egyházmegye egyházlátogatási jegyzőkönyvei 1778-1779. III. Somogy megye (The Visitation Records of the Diocese of Veszprém, 1778–1779. III. Somogy County) was also presented.
The audience was welcomed by Tamás Polgár, Director of the Archives, followed by Balázs Karlinszky, who introduced Éva Knapp’s volume. Subsequently, Zoltán Gőzsy presented the Somogy visitation records published during the summer. In his remarks, he emphasized both the importance of institutional cooperation and of publishing source editions. He also referred to the background of the visitation (the already published volumes on Zala and Veszprém Counties) and to the manifold possibilities for utilizing the edited sources.
As a conclusion to the event, a roundtable discussion was held, moderated by Tamás Polgár, with the participation of Balázs Karlinszky, Zoltán Gőzsy, Viktor Kanász, Éva Knapp, and Dusán Barnabás Hegedüs, who discussed the archival conditions of historical research in Somogy County. During this session, Viktor Kanász also provided a brief overview of medieval, early modern, and twentieth-century sources concerning Somogy County preserved in the Vatican Apostolic Archives.
Following the presentations, Tamás Polgár guided the young fellows of the Research Group through the collections of the Archives.
Bibliographical data of the presented volume:
A veszprémi egyházmegye egyházlátogatási jegyzőkönyvei 1778–1779. III. Somogy megye. Közreadja és a bevezető tanulmányt írta: Kanász Viktor, munkatárs: Tuhári Attila, Veszprémi Főegyházmegyei Levéltár, Veszprém, 2025. (A veszprémi egyházmegye múltjából 44.)
(The Visitation Records of the Diocese of Veszprém, 1778–1779. III. Somogy County. Edited and with an introductory study by Viktor Kanász; assistant: Attila Tuhári. Veszprém Archiepiscopal Archives, Veszprém, 2025. (From the Past of the Diocese of Veszprém, vol. 44.))
(Photos: Olivér Kőhalmi, Csongor Cziráki and László Fejes)
