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Author Vermes, Gábor

Title Hungarian culture and politics in the Habsburg monarchy, 1711-1848 / Gábor Vermes
Published Budapest : Central European University Press, 2014

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Contents A portrait of eighteenth-century Hungary -- The joy and the agony of standing still -- The enlightenment and cultural sensibilities : a comparative historical perspective -- The slow erosion of traditionalism -- The ambiguous journey toward reforms -- The Hungarian age of reform in the 1830s -- The Hungarian age of reform in the 1840s -- Epilogue
Summary This book describes and analyzes the critical period of 1711-1848 within Hungary from novel points of view, including close analyses of the proceedings of Hungarian diets. Contrary to conventional interpretations, the study, stressing the strong continuity of traditionalism in Hungarian thought, society, and politics, argues that Hungarian liberalism did not begin to flower in any substantial way until the 1830s and 1840s. Hungarian Culture and Politics in the Habsburg Monarchy also traces and evaluates the complex relationship between Austria and Hungary over this span of time. Past interpretations have, with only a few exceptions, tilted heavily towards the Austrian role within the Monarchy, both because its center was in Vienna and because few non-Hungarian scholars can read Hungarian. This analysis redresses this balance through the use of both Austrian and Hungarian sources, demonstrating the deep cultural differences between the two halves of the Monarchy, which were nevertheless closely linked by economic and administrative ties and by a mutual recognition that co-existence was preferable to any major rupture
Analysis 18th-19th century, Austria, Conservatism, Enlightenment, Intellectual life, Liberalism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Habsburg, House of.
SUBJECT Habsburg, House of
Habsburg, House of fast
Subject Politics and culture -- Hungary -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Austria & Hungary.
Intellectual life
International relations
Politics and government
Politics and culture
SUBJECT Hungary -- History -- 1699-1848. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063054
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1699-1848. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063074
Hungary -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063069
Hungary -- Relations -- Austria
Austria -- Relations -- Hungary
Subject Austria
Hungary
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789633860205
9633860202