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The governing methods of the Viennese court met comprehensive revulsion in all the social classes. The derogation of the feudal rights, the obligate provision of the foreign army in Hungary, the raise of the taxes enhanced the discontentment. The troops stationed at the castles by the border became redundant and the Viennese court did not permit the establishment of a separate Hungarian army. The remnants of Imre Thököly’s army and the troops dismissed from the castles attempted to rebel several times, but both the uprising in the Hegyalja region in 1697 and the uprising in the Tiszahát region in 1703 was put down. The enhanced discontentment and the forced conscriptions because of the War of the Spanish Succession led to the outbreak of Rákóczi’s uprising.
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