Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory (40 page)

NAMES: HUNGARIAN TO ENGLISH

Erzsébet : Elizabeth

Ferenc : Francis

György : George

Ilona : Helena

Janós : John

Dorottya : Dorothy

Katalin/Kata : Catherine

Miklós : Nicolas

Mihály : Michael

Mátyás : Matthew

Pál : Paul

András/Andreas : Andrew

Orsolya/Orsika : Ursula

Tamás : Thomas

István : Stephen

Benedek : Benedict

Imre/Emory : Emmerich

Márton : Martin

László/Ladislas : Laslo

Gergely : Gregory

Gábor : Gabriel

SOURCES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS; ARCHIVES; AND CHRONOLOGICAL AND GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES:

Reviczky, Bertalan v.,
Elisabeth Báthory
, Piestány (1903), pp. 18-19.

*
Thurzó Letter to his Wife, December 30, 1610

Károlyi, Á., and Szalay, J.,
Nádasdy Tamás nádor családi levelezése
, Budapest (1882), pp. 242-45.

* Two Letters of Erzsébet Báthory to Ferenc Nadasdy, 1596

* Letter of Orsolya Nádasdy to E. Báthory, 1604

Statny oblastny archiv Presov
, Packet Drugeth Humenné, inv. C. 718.

*
Chronicle of Castle Csejthe

Magyar Országos Levéltár (MOL)
, Budapest, Packet E 142. Act. publ. fasc. 28. No. 18.

*
Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, Jan. 24, 1613, and Thurzo’s reply from Feb. 5, 1613

* Letter of Thurzó to András of Keresztúr, March 5, 1610

* Report of András of Keresztúr, September 19, 1610

* Letter of Thurzó to Mózes Cziráky, March 5, 1610

* Report of Mózes Cziráky, October 27, 1610

* Letter of Mátyás II to András of Keresztúr, Jan. 14, 1611

* Report of András of Keresztúr to Mátyás II, July 28, 1611

* Report of Mózes Cziráky, December 14, 1611

* Report of the Court at Újhely, Jan. 9, 1612

* Last Will and Testament of Erzsébet Báthory, Sept. 3, 1610,
Id.,
at Act. publ. facs. 44 no. 25.

* Letter of Ponikenusz to Lányi, January 1, 1611,
Id
., Packet E 196. Rksz. 3. Fasc. 7. no. 69.

* Mátyás’s Letter to Thurzó, January 14, 1611, ,
Id
., Packet E 196. Act. publ. fasc. 8. no. 7.

* Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, Feb. 26, 1611,
Id
., at publ. fasc. 8. no. 40.

* Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, March 18, 1611,
Id
., at publ. fasc. 18. no. 9.

* Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, April 17, 1611,
Id.,
at publ. fasc. 23. no. 22.

Statny oblastny archiv Bytca (SOBA), Faszikel OK-Thurzovska korespondenicia
, sign. II-Z/24.

* Zrínyi Letter to Thurzó, December 12, 1610

* Thurzó Letter to His Wife, December 30, 1610,
Id
., at sign. III-T/12

* Zrínyi Letter to Thurzó, February 12, 1611,
Id
., at sign. II-Z/24

* Nádasdy Letter to Thurzó, Feb. 23, 1611,
Id
., at sign. II- N/2

* Letter of Stanislas Thurzó to György Thurzó, Aug. 25, 1614,
Id
., at sign. II-T/22

R.A. v. Elsberg, Elisabeth Báthory, Breslau (1904), pp. 262-69.

* Letter of Thurzó to Mátyás II, March 30, 1611

* Letter of Hungarian High Chamber to Mátyás II, March 31, 1611

* Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, April 17, 1611

* Second Testament of Erzsébet Báthory, August 3, 1614

Hesperus
, Prague (1817), vol. 1, No. 31, pp. 241-48 and July 1817, vol. 2, no. 34, pp. 270-73.

* Trial transcripts of January 2
^nd
and 7
^th
, 1611.

Tóth, István György,
Literacy and Written Culture in Early Modern Central Europe
, Central European University Press (2001).

* Letters of Tamás and Orsolya Nádasdy

ARCHIVES

Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Budapest

Magyar Orsazágos Levéltár, Budapest

Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest

Státni Knihovna Ceske Socialisticke Republiky, Prague

Státny Oblastny Archiv, Bytca

Státny Oblastny Archiv, Presov

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Vienna

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1575

Franciscus Hipolytus Hildensheim,
Euchai gamikai Apollinis et Musarum. Ad spectabilem et magnificum dominum, D. Franciscum de Nádasd, sponsum: Et generosam ac magnificam virgiem Elisabetham de Báthor, sponsam
. Viennae Austriae ex officina Stephani Creuzeri, Anno MDLXXV.

1609

Protestaria Elisabetha Bathory,
fol. 210 liber II
,
Archives of the Cathedral Chapter of Graner (1609)

Civitate libera regia Tyrnavense feria II, proxima ante festum S. Martini episcope et confessoris 1609.
Archives of the Cathedral Chapter of Graner (1609).

1729

László Turóczi:
Ungaria suis cum Regibus compendio data
, Dum Illustrissimus, Rev. ac Doctissimus Comes Franciscus Barkoczi De Szala, Tyrnaviae, Typis Academicis Soc. Jesu per Fridericum Gall. Anno MDCCXXIX. Mense Septembri, 8., 245, pp. 188-193.

1735

Mátyás Bel,
Apparatus ad Historiam Hungariae
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1817

Abschrift des Zeugen-Verhörs in Betreff der grausamen That, welcher Elisabeth v. Báthory, Gemahlinn des Grafen Franz Nádasdy beschuldiget wird. 1611
.
Hesperus
, Prague, vol. 1, No. 31, pp. 241-48 and July 1817, vol. 2, no. 34, pp. 270-73.

1876

Zichy, Edmund,
Bethlenfalvi gróf Thurzó György Levelei
, Budapest (1876).

1894

Ferdinand Strobl von Ravelsberg (R.A. v. Elsberg),
Die Blutgräfin. (Elisabeth Báthory) Ein Sitten- und Characterbild. Mit Illustrationen.
Breslau: Schlesische Buchdruckerei, Kunst- und Verlags-Anstalt v. S. Schottlaender 1894, rev. ed. 1904.

1899

Chronik der Burg Csejte
.
Történelmi tár
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1908

Dezsö, Rexa,
Báthory Erzsébet Nádasdy Ferencné (1560-1614
), Benkö Gyula Udvari Könyvkereskedése, Budapest (1908).

1912

Sándor, Payr,
Magyari István és Báthory Erzsébet
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1924

History of the Transdanubian Evangelical Church, Vol. 1, Székely & Társa Könyvnyomdájában, Sopron (1924).

1932

Níznánszy, Jozó,
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1965

Penrose, Valaentine,
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1975

Périsset, Maurice,
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1976

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1984

McNally, Raymond T
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1985

Katalin, Péter,
A Csejtei Várúrnö: Báthory Erzsébet
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1989

Farin, Michael,
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1997

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2001

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