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Article THE SEKLERS IN TRANSYLVANIA. ← Page 4 of 7 →
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The Seklers In Transylvania.
while the Saxons and Hungarians are obliged to converse in the Wallach language . There are at present a considerable number of Seklers who profess the Greek faith , — these are merely unnationalized Wallachs . The . Seklers are in constant communication with the Magyarsand number about 50000 who reside in Moldavia
, , , , of whom 15 , 000 are Cumanians , and 35 , 000 Seklers . In the Middle Ages , Moldavia was called Cumania , from the circumstance that a Magyar tribe—the Cumans — took possession of this district , whilst the Magyars of Arpod settled on the banks of the Theiss . After the conquest of the country , the Cumanians were in continual warfare with the
neihbourg ing princes , and even made incursions into Transylvania . After Robert , bishop of Gran , had converted them to Christianity , in the beginning of the thirteenth century , they were conquered by King Louis , and remained subject to Hungary until the battle of Mohatsch . Moldavia then fell under the power of the Turks . During all these years the Cumanians
were outnumbered gradually by the old possessors of the country , with whom they had become mixed , and they would perhaps have disappeared entirely , had it not been for continual accessions of Seklers from Transylvania : these immigrations , indeed , have continued uninterrupted , partly from political , partly from economical causes ; and many passed on into Bessarabia .
The Hungarians in Moldavia are for the most part artisans , and distinguished from the Moldavians by their activity , cleanliness , hospitality , and public spirit . They live and dress better , and generally marry Transylvanians . They have , at the same time , adopted many rites of the Greek Church from the Wallachs : for instance , they carry the bodies of the dead
upon an open bier , and place bread , wine , and tapers upon the grave , which fall to the share of the priests . The number of Hungarians in Moldavia is decreasing , they have but few schools , and their priests are sent from Italy . The latter , who will not take the pains to learn the Hungarian language , are neither able to instruct or preach to the people onl
—they can y read the mass . They are lazy and greedy , demanding double the fees due to them for marriages and baptisms , and will frequently desire dying persons to be brought to them from a great distance , on some miserable cart , to receive extreme unction . The Wallachian priests take advantage of this negligence : they visit the villages , which lie distant from the parish church , whither the Roman
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Seklers In Transylvania.
while the Saxons and Hungarians are obliged to converse in the Wallach language . There are at present a considerable number of Seklers who profess the Greek faith , — these are merely unnationalized Wallachs . The . Seklers are in constant communication with the Magyarsand number about 50000 who reside in Moldavia
, , , , of whom 15 , 000 are Cumanians , and 35 , 000 Seklers . In the Middle Ages , Moldavia was called Cumania , from the circumstance that a Magyar tribe—the Cumans — took possession of this district , whilst the Magyars of Arpod settled on the banks of the Theiss . After the conquest of the country , the Cumanians were in continual warfare with the
neihbourg ing princes , and even made incursions into Transylvania . After Robert , bishop of Gran , had converted them to Christianity , in the beginning of the thirteenth century , they were conquered by King Louis , and remained subject to Hungary until the battle of Mohatsch . Moldavia then fell under the power of the Turks . During all these years the Cumanians
were outnumbered gradually by the old possessors of the country , with whom they had become mixed , and they would perhaps have disappeared entirely , had it not been for continual accessions of Seklers from Transylvania : these immigrations , indeed , have continued uninterrupted , partly from political , partly from economical causes ; and many passed on into Bessarabia .
The Hungarians in Moldavia are for the most part artisans , and distinguished from the Moldavians by their activity , cleanliness , hospitality , and public spirit . They live and dress better , and generally marry Transylvanians . They have , at the same time , adopted many rites of the Greek Church from the Wallachs : for instance , they carry the bodies of the dead
upon an open bier , and place bread , wine , and tapers upon the grave , which fall to the share of the priests . The number of Hungarians in Moldavia is decreasing , they have but few schools , and their priests are sent from Italy . The latter , who will not take the pains to learn the Hungarian language , are neither able to instruct or preach to the people onl
—they can y read the mass . They are lazy and greedy , demanding double the fees due to them for marriages and baptisms , and will frequently desire dying persons to be brought to them from a great distance , on some miserable cart , to receive extreme unction . The Wallachian priests take advantage of this negligence : they visit the villages , which lie distant from the parish church , whither the Roman