Kata Bethlen

[1] She published her writings as Védelmező, erős paizs (Protective, Strong Shield, 1759) and Bujdosásnak emlékezetköve (The Memoirs of her Exile, 1733).

She encouraged industrial development on her estates, established gardens and nurseries to propagate better stock, acquired a paper-mill and glassworks, and employed numerous artisans, including embroiderers.

[1] Her diary was primarily a personal response to the pressures her first husband's family put on her to convert, as a Protestant unhappily married to a Catholic.

[1] Her works blend in an interesting way traditional meditative lyrics and the popular genres of her time with her strongly Puritanical views.

[1] Her style draws on the memoirs of János Kemény and Miklós Bethlen, work closely related to Francis Rákóczi.