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The ''Register of Subjects According to Their Religion'' was drawn up in 1651 as part of the attempt of the Habsburg monarchy to re-Catholize Bohemia after victory at the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620. | The ''Register of Subjects According to Their Religion'' was drawn up in 1651 as part of the attempt of the Habsburg monarchy to re-Catholize Bohemia after victory at the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620. This Patent ordered every overlord in Bohemia to ensure that a register was made of all Catholic subjects living on his estates. The Patent of 4 February 1651 was sent out with a standardized form enclosed with it. The register was suppose to include not just subjects, but also overlords, amnorial officials, burghers living in towns belonging either to the crown or to the nobility, and freemne. The only persons excluded were clergyman and soldiers. | ||
The standardized form was organized in columns. The enumerator was suppose to write down each person's name, social status, occupation, age, religious affiliation, and the family status of all members of each household, including all servants and farm laborers. | |||
Mosr feudal estates had complied with the requirements pf the Patent of 4 February by the summer of 1651.But on June 1651, before the project of writing up the register had been completed in all regions of the country, the office of the Governor of Bohemia issued a second Patent, abandoning the detailed, standardized form and orderring local administrators simply to provide a brief report concerning non-Catholic individuals. As a result, on some feudal estates the register in the original | |||
The first census to record people by name was conducted in 1651. The Family History Library has published copies of the 1651 census for the following regions: | The first census to record people by name was conducted in 1651. The Family History Library has published copies of the 1651 census for the following regions: | ||