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Angol cikkek2026. szeptember 24.
The Sopron Referendum
One date has become forever associated with the name of Sopron. There is one day whose memory will live forever in the hearts of Sopron’s citizens. That day was December 14, 1921.
Angol cikkek2026. szeptember 24.
The Hussar
Born for the Saddle: A Unique Hungarian Tradition
Angol cikkek2026. szeptember 24.
Mohács: The Moment of Transition and the Collapse of the Medieval Order
Suleiman at the Battle of Mohács, 1526. Miniature from Arifi Fethullah Çelebi’s Süleymanname, 1558. The sultan is at the center, mounted on a dark horse and wearing a simple green kaftan and white turban, against the pink background of the battlefield.
Angol cikkek2026. augusztus 19.
Putting Hungary on the Map: Lajos Kossuth in the United States, 1851–1852
Following the failed Hungarian War of Independence of 1848–49, the Hungarian statesman Lajos Kossuth traveled to Britain and America. While he was greeted with tremendous enthusiasm by the crowds, official political circles remained wary and refused to commit themselves to the ca
Angol cikkek2026. augusztus 14.
Verecke’s Famous Mountain Pass
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that there is scarcely a Hungarian anywhere in the world whose heart does not beat a little faster at the mention of Verecke. Standing beside the monument to the Hungarian Conquest, designed by the sculptor Péter Matl (from Munkács), and gazing
Angol cikkek2026. július 23.
János Hunyadi the Regent
Hunyadi's regency from June 1446–January 1453
Angol cikkek2026. július 21.
The Failure of Accountability: The Fate of the State Party and Workers’ Militia Properties
One of the central issues during the democratic transition in Hungary in 1989-1990 concerned the accountability of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party’s (MSZMP) assets and leaders.
Angol cikkek2026. július 17.
From the Treaty of Trianon to the Boundary Stones:
The Final Demarcation of the Trianon Borders
Angol cikkek2026. július 14.
Life in a Border Fortress
Győr: A Fortified Town in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Angol cikkek2026. június 26.
Art in Hungary in the Dualist Era
When discussing Hungarian art in Austria-Hungary (1867–1918), a period also known as the Dualist era, we are referring to a time often described as the “happy years of peace.” Lasting nearly half a century, it was a period of relative peace and stability not only in Hungary but a
Angol cikkek2026. június 16.
An English Traveler in Reform-Era Hungary and Transylvania: John Paget on Hungarians and the Nationalities
John Paget is best known for his travel narrative Hungary and Transylvania: with Remarks on their Condition, Social, Political, and Economical, first published in 1839 by the distinguished London publisher John Murray.
Angol cikkek2026. május 29.
László Papp: The Divine Southpaw
His life was a master class, a true original. It was a tough start, resisting those first temptations this side of twenty, then for a decade and more accepting the eternal price of perfection—complete self-denial, ever seeking the highest peaks, even when at the pinnacle of glory
Angol cikkek2026. május 20.
“Our time has come”: The Arrowcross takeover seen from below
The German-backed Szálasi coup during the German occupation of Hungary in 1944 is a fairly well-documented event. Existing research, however, focuses primarily on the moment of the coup itself and the events leading up to it from the perspective of the military situation, the int
Angol cikkek2026. május 4.
The Great Breakthrough in Sports Policy
Klebelsberg, Minister of Sport
Angol cikkek2026. április 23.
Klebelsberg—the Builder: The Stones Speak of You
During his tenure as the minister of religion and public education, Count Kuno Klebelsberg (r. 1922–1931) not only launched the largest public education investment program in Hungary’s history—establishing elementary schools within the country and scientific and cultural institut
Angol cikkek2026. április 8.
The 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz: Interests and Compromises
The 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz was an extremely complex peace treaty whose negotiations involved all the leading European powers of the day. The peace marked a temporary end to the centuries-long struggle between the Ottoman Empire—already past the height of its power and increasin
Angol cikkek2026. március 25.
The Sixtus Affair: The Failed Attempt to End the First World War
Shakespeare wrote in his comedy Measure for Measure, “Heaven grant us its peace, but not the King of Hungary’s!” This notion proved poignantly true during the First World War. Of the various belligerents, the four years of the war saw the Austro-Hungarian monarchy make the most a
Angol cikkek2026. március 6.
Gotta Have Fun!
High Society in the Interwar Period
Angol cikkek2026. február 24.
The Time of Troubles: The War between Queen Elisabeth of Luxembourg and Vladislaus I Jagiellon (1440–1442)
In 1439, civil war broke out in Hungary following the death of King Albert of Habsburg (1397-1439).
Angol cikkek2026. február 17.
Exile – A Life Sentence
And the blessed heroes, who fought for land and homeAre now landless exiles, wanderers left to roamAnd those trait’rous villains, who betrayed hearth and homeNow lord over estates; and I can only mourn(Sándor Petőfi: “On Majtényi Field”) Petőfi wrote the above poem on May 30, 184