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FRANÇOIS DE TOTT (1733 – 1793). ŽIVOT A DIELO JEDNÉHO OSVIETENÉHO DIPLOMATA

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Horbulák Z., Tóth F.
Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
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2019
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vol. 67
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issue 2
215 - 239
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This study deals with François Baron de Tott (1733–1793), a French diplomat, general and writer. The paper is divided into three parts. In the first, we present the life of the baron, summarizing his positions, diplomatic missions and service to France, as well as his destiny as a representative of the second generation of exiles in France from the Rakoczi revolt who returned to the land of his ancestors. The following part is devoted to the origin of the baronʼs family. This research was done in Slovak archives to prove his Hungarian and Slovak roots. Finally, we analyse de Tottʼs Memoirs, which made the personality of the baron immortal, from the literary, historical, political and personal points of view.
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ZO STAREJ ĎALY NA OSTROV MAURITIUS A NA ÚPÄTIE KAUKAZU. ŽIVOTNÁ DRÁHA JÁNA KAROLA BESSEHO

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Horbulák Z., Tóth F.
Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
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2023
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vol. 71
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issue 1
161–184
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The article deals with the life and oeuvre of Ján Karol Besse. J. K. Besse was a traveller and geographer of Hungarian origin (1765 – 1841). Between 1790 and 1824 he lived permanently in several Western European countries, where he performed military service. From 1802 to 1810, on the island of Mauritius, he held the post of secretary to the local French administrator. After his return to France, he wrote articles on Eastern Europe, primarily on linguistics and literature. It is likely that he also collaborated with the French secret police. In France he used the name Charles Bérony. Besse devoted his life to the study of foreign languages, especially Oriental languages. In addition to Hungarian, Latin, French, German, English and Italian, he also spoke Turkish. During the 1820s and 30s, he regularly visited his homeland and made several trips to Eastern Europe, the Black Sea region and the Caucasus. Besse was on the road all his life, which can be accurately documented thanks to his surviving writings. His life, too, ended on the road in Regensburg, Germany. Some sources say that at the end of his life Besse was employed at home in the county office, but this information has not yet been able to be substantiated by archive sources. Documentary evidence can prove that he was born in the village of Stará Ďala, now the town of Hurbanovo, on 29 August 1765.
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