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A History of Hungary  (Barta István, Berend Iván, Hanák Péter, Lackó Miklós, Makkai László, Nagy Zsuzsa, Ránki György)

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A History of Hungary
AuthorBarta István, Berend Iván, Hanák Péter, Lackó Miklós, Makkai László, Nagy Zsuzsa, Ránki György
PublisherZrínyi Printing House
First published1973
Budapest
Sourcehttps://archive.org/details/HistoryHungary/mode/1up


The Origins of the Hungarian People and State

From Primitive Society to Feudalism

Ugrian Prehistory

Nomadic Pastoral Society

The Hungarian Tribal Federation

The Conquest of the Carpathian Basin

"De sagittis Hungarorum..."

The Independent Hungarian Monarchy to the Battle of Mohács (1000–1526)

The Rise of Feudal Hungary

Conditions during the Transition to Feudalism

The Struggle for Power by Géza and Stephen

The Organization of State and Church under Stephen

The Early Period of Feudalism (11th and 12th Centuries)

Extensive Farming

Slaves, Serfs, Freemen

Handicrafts and Market Places

The German Attack and the Domestic Crisis

The Investiture Struggle and Expansion in the Balkans

Hungarian-Byzantine Rivalry in the Balkans

Disintegration of the Early Feudal System (1196–1241)

The Development of Agriculture, Handicrafts and Commerce

The Decline of the Castle System

Alienation of the Royal Estates

Social Struggles. The 'Golden Bull'

The Invasion of the Mongols

The Dawn of Chivalry

The Emergence of the Towns and the Nobility (1241–1308)

The Growth of Towns

County Administration and Autonomy of the Nobility

Feudal Oligarchy versus Royal Power

The Feudal Anarchy

The Transformation of the Hungarian Peasantry

Attempt at Adriatic Hegemony (1308–1437)

The Development of a New Aristocracy

Economic Policy of Charles I

Foreign Affairs

The Adventure in Naples and Expansion in the Balkans

The Loss of the Hungarian Possessions in the Adriatic

Mature Feudal Society (14th Century)

Nobility versus Peasants

The Growth of Boroughs

Trade and Industry in the Royal Towns

The Peasantry and the Hussite Movement

Gothic Art in Hungary

The Alliance of the Monarchy with the Nobility (1437–1458)

Tensions between Barons and Nobility

The Monarchy and the Estates

Hunyadi's Wars against the Turks

Clash between the King and the Hunyadi Party

An Experiment in Centralized Government (1458–1490)

The Success of Matthias Hunyadi's Policy of Centralization

Foreign Capital in Hungarian Trade

Setback in the Development of the Towns

Attempts to Establish a Central European Empire

The Programme of the Absolute Monarchy

Matthias's Compromises with the Ruling Class

The Renaissance and Humanism in Hungary

The Collapse of Royal Power (1490–1526)

Victory of Feudal Reaction

Economic Decline and Social Tension

The Great Peasant War and the Mohács Disaster

From the Battle of Mohács to 1711

The Division of Hungary into Three Parts (1526–1571)

Two Kings

Frustrated Attempts at Union

Political System of the East Hungarian Kingdom

The New Principality of Transylvania

Political System of the West Hungarian Kingdom

The Establishment of Effective Defences against the Turks

Interruption in Economic and Social Development (16th Century)

The Decay of Town Markets

Increasing Labour Services

The Turkish Occupation and Its Effects on Economic and Social Conditions

Late Renaissance and Reformation

The Crisis of Habsburg Power (1571–1606)

Centralization in Transylvania

A New Court Aristocracy and the Fifteen Years War

The Bocskai Rising

The System of 'Perpetual Serfdom' and the Subjection of the Towns to the Nobility

Transylvania versus Habsburg (1606–1648)

Transylvania, the Stronghold of Resistance

The Confederation of the Estates in the Habsburg Countries and Their Alliance with Transylvania

Gábor Bethlen and the Anti-Habsburg European Coalitions

Gábor Bethlen's Political Legacy

The Cultural Split

Resistance to Hapsburg Absolutism (1648–1703)

Tension between the Habsburg Government and the Hungarian Estates

The Economic and Political Aspirations of the Nobility

Miklós Zrínyi's Political Activity and His Wars against the Turks

The Conspiracy of the Aristocracy and the Kuruc Rising

The Expulsion of the Turks and the Establishment of Habsburg Absolutism

Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711)

Revival of the Kuruc Movement

Initial Success in the War of Independence

The Crisis and End of the War of Independence

The Baroque Culture of the Kuruc Period

Habsburg Absolutism and Hungary (1711–1760)

Habsburg-Hungarian Compromise (1711–1760)

The Consolidation of the System of 'Perpetual Serfdom'

Agrarian Towns and Foreign Merchants

Aristocracy and Nobility

Late Baroque Culture

Aristocratic Mercantilism and the First Manufactories

The Use of Hungary as a Colony

Enlightened Absolutism—Hungarian Enlightenment (1760–1790)

The Urbarial Patent and Its Consequences

The Modernization of Agriculture and New Industries

Cultural Enlightenment

Joseph II and His System

On the Eve of National Development

Towards Bourgeois Transformation, Revolution and War of Independence (1790–1849)

National Resistance and the Republican Movement. The Anti-Revolutionary Compromise and Open Absolutism

The Diet of 1790–91

The Hungarian Jacobins

The Period of the Napoleonic Wars

Deterioration in the Relations between the Court and the Estates

Economic Conditions

National Language and Culture

The Development of the Bourgeois National Reform Movement and Subsequent Impasse (1825–1847)

The Diet of 1825–27

István Széchenyi

European Revolutions and Hungarian Movements

The Reform Diet, 1832–36

Lajos Kossuth and the Opposition Breakthrough

Agriculture

Industry

The Crisis and Its Effect

National Culture

The Next Phase of Reform

The Diet of 1843–4. The Language Act

Nationality Movements in Hungary

The Formation of a United Opposition Party

The Plebeian, Democratic Left Wing

Government and Reform. The Last Diet of the Estates

The Bourgeois Revolution and War of Independence (1848–1849)

March 1848

The First Independent Hungarian Government and the April Laws

The Position of the Government. The Peasant Question

The Nationalities

The Organization of Defence

Failure of the Policy of Appeasement

Jelačić's Attack and Defeat

The Defence Commission

The Imperial Forces Attack

The Spring Campaign

The Independence Manifesto

The Success of the Peace Party

Czarist Intervention

The Failure of the War of Independence

The Period of Neo-Absolutism (1849–1867)

Hungary's Incorporation in the Unitary and Centralized Monarchy

Economic and Social Conditions under Neo-Absolutism

National Movements. 'Passive Resistance'

The Critical Years of Neo-Absolutism. The Activities of the Hungarian Emigration

Constitutional Interlude and National Movement

The Parliament of 1861

New Forms of Absolutism: the Provisorium

Preparations for the Compromise

The War of 1866. New Crisis of the Monarchy

The Compromise of 1867

The Dual Monarchy (1867–1918)

The Golden Age of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1890)

The Consolidation of the Dualist System

The Beginnings of the Socialist Workers' Movement in Hungary

Building of a State Apparatus

The Fusion of Parties of 1875

Expansion in the Balkans. The Foreign Policy of the Monarchy

Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alliance with Germany

A Period of Lull in the 1880s

The Government of Kálmán Tisza

Emerging Social and Political Conflicts in the 1880s

Economic Progress. Achievements and Contradictions of Capitalism

Modern Transformation in Agriculture

Industrial Development

Hungarian Society in the Early Twentieth Century

Social Stratification

Cultural Life

The Decline of the Monarchy (1890–1914)

The End of Stability. Social Democratic and Agrarian Socialist Movements

The Church Controversy

The Bánffy Era

The First Signs of a Crisis

National Opposition and the Strengthening of the Mass Movements. The Széll Government

The Fall of the Liberal Party

The Political Crisis of 1905–6

The Activities of the Coalition Government

The Democratic Opposition: Peasant Parties, Bourgeois Radicalism, Socialist Workers' Movement

Intensification of the Nationality Problem

The Foreign Policy of the Monarchy. The Annexation Crisis

The Party of National Work. On the Road to the World War

The First World War and the Collapse of the Monarchy (1914–1918)

The Monarchy and the Outbreak of the First World War

The Battle Front and the Home Front in the Opening Years of the War

The Turning Point of 1917

The Development of a Revolutionary Situation in 1918

The Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Revolution in Hungary (1918–1919)

The Bourgeois Democratic Revolution

The Hungarian October Revolution. Formation of the Károlyi Government

Armistice. Power Relations at Home and Foreign Policy

The Communist Party of Hungary Is Formed

Government Crisis in January

Measures to Promote Consolidation

Mass Actions to Advance the Revolution

Arrest of the Communist Leaders

The Vyx Note and Its Aftermath

The Hungarian Soviet Republic

The Dictatorship of the Proletariat Proclaimed

Political, Economic and Cultural Measures

General Smuts's Mission to Budapest

Election of Councils

Armed Attack against the Soviet Republic

Crisis in May

The Red Army's Successful Counter-Attack

Note from the Peace Conference

The National Congress of Councils

The Coup of 24 June

Negotiations by Social Democratic Leaders in Vienna

The July Offensive. The Fall of the Soviet Republic

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