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A History of Hungary

A comprehensive, up-to-date survey and reference work; organized into chronological chapters each written by the leading authority of that period
Print Book, English, ©1990
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©1990
Aufsatzsammlung
xiv, 432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780253355782, 9780253208675, 0253355788, 025320867X
20998201
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Preface; Introduction I.Hungary before the Hungarian Conquest / Laszlo Makkai; II. The Hungarians' Prehistory, Their Conquest of Hungary, and Their Raids to the West to 955 / Laszlo Makkai; III. The Foundation of the Hungarian Christian State, 950-1196 / Laszlo Makkai; IV. Transformation into a Western-type State, 1196-1301 / Laszlo Makkai; V. The Age of the Angevines, 1301-1382 / Pal Engel; VI. The Late Medieval Period, 1382-1526 / Janos Bak; VII. The Early Ottoman Period, Including Royal Hungary, 1526-1606 / Ferenc Szakaly; VIII. The Later Ottoman Period and Royal Hungary, 1606-1711 / Katalin Peter; IX. The Principality of Transylvania / Peter F. Sugar; X. Cooperation and Confrontation between Rulers and the Noble Estates, 1711-1790 / Horst Haselsteiner; XI. The Age of Royal Absolutism, 1790-1848 / George Barany; XII. The Revolution and the War of Independence, 1848-1849 / Istvan Deak; XIII. The Age of Neoabsolutism, 1849-1867 / Eva Somogyi; XIV. Hungary and the Dual Monarchy, 1867-1890 / Tibor Frank; XV. Hungary through World War I and the End of the Dual Monarchy / Geza Jeszenszky; XVI. Revolution, Counterrevolution, Consolidation / Part I by Tibor Hajdu; Part II by Zsuzsa L. Nagy; XVII. The Early Interwar Years, 1921-1938 / Maria Ormos; XVIII. The Late Interwar Years and World War II / Lorand Tilkovszky; XIX. The Hungarian Economy in the Interwar Years / Gyorgy Ranki; XX. From Liberation to Revolution, 1945-1956; XXI. Contemporary Hungary, 1956-1984 / Ivan T. Berend; Epilogue, 1985-1990 / George Barany Some Suggested Additional Readings; Contributors; Index; Illustrations follow Chapter X