Hungary - Habsburg, Revolution, Austro-Hungarian

Hungary

Table of Contents

Introduction & Quick Facts
Land
- Relief
- Drainage and soils
- Climate
- Plant and animal life
People
- Ethnic groups and languages
- Religion
- Settlement patterns
  - Traditional regions
  - Urban settlement
  - Rural settlement
- Demographic trends
Economy
- Overview
- Agriculture
- Resources and power
- Manufacturing
- Finance
- Trade
- Services
- Labour and taxation
- Transportation and telecommunications
Government and society
- Overview
- Constitutional framework
- Local government
- Justice
- Political process
- Security
- Health and welfare
- Housing
- Education
  - General considerations
  - Higher education
Cultural life
- Cultural milieu
- Daily life and social customs
- The arts
- Cultural institutions
- Sports and recreation
- Media and publishing
History
- Origins of the Magyars
- The kingdom to 1526
  - The Árpáds
    - The Christian kingdom
    - The early kings
    - Consolidation and expansion
    - Social and political developments
    - The Mongol invasion: the last Árpád kings
  - Hungary under foreign kings
    - The Angevin kings
    - Sigismund of Luxembourg
    - János Hunyadi and Matthias Corvinus
    - The Jagiellon kings: national decay
- The period of partition
  - Royal Hungary and the rise of Transylvania
  - War and liberation
- Habsburg rule, 1699–1918
  - Habsburg rule to 1867
    - Charles III and Maria Theresa
    - Joseph II and Leopold II
    - Francis I: the reform generation
    - The nationalities
    - Revolution, reaction, and “compromise”
  - The Dual Monarchy, 1867–1918
    - Hungary under dualism
    - Social and economic developments
    - World War I
- Revolution, counterrevolution, and the regency, 1918–45
  - The regency, 1920–45
    - The Treaty of Trianon
    - Postwar confusion and reconstruction
  - Financial crisis: the rise of right radicalism
  - War and renewed defeat
- Hungary in the Soviet orbit
  - The communist regime
    - Political developments
    - Economic developments
  - The Revolution of 1956
  - The Kádár regime
  - Reforms of the late 1980s
    - Economic reforms
    - Political reforms
- Postcommunist Hungary
  - Political developments
  - Economic and social change

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The emperor, not Hungary, was the victor, for the retreating Turks and the advancing armies of the so-called liberators ravaged the country. In 1687 Leopold reconfirmed the constitution subject to Hungary’s acceptance of his dynasty in the male line and to the abolition of the ius resistendi (right to resist) conceded under the Golden Bull of 1222, but the government that followed was in fact another cruel Vienna-centred dictatorship. In 1703 this provoked another rebellion, led by Francis (Ferenc) Rákóczi II (Thököly’s stepson). After eight years of indecisive and fruitless fighting between the kuruc and the Habsburg armies, peace was ...(100 of 37110 words)

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