person
Mária Szécsi
also: Szécsi Mária, Maria Széchy
Mária Szécsi (1610–1679), Hungarian noblewoman who defended Murány Castle against Habsburgs in 1644 but surrendered it to Ferenc Wesselényi, whom she fell in love with; Madách's example of a woman who stepped briefly outside her natural sphere but returned to love.
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- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Mária Szécsi
Mária Szécsi (1610–1679), Hungarian noblewoman who defended Murány Castle against the Habsburgs in 1644 but then surrendered it to her future husband Ferenc Wesselényi, whom she had fallen in love with — Madách's example of a woman who briefly transcended her sex's sphere but returned to love.
- Studies and Articles §1.4 Mária Szécsi
Mária Szécsi (c. 1610–1679), Hungarian noblewoman who defended the castle of Murány against Imperialist forces during the Thirty Years' War, but then surrendered it — and herself — to Count Ferenc Wesselényi, whom she married. She is Madách's example of a woman who steps outside her sex's sphere but 'reconciles us with herself as soon as she bows of her own accord to the rose-switch of love.'