Stephen Sisa :
The Spirit of Hungary
CONTENTS
Cover Page
Dedication IV
Notes and Acknowledgements VI
Foreword VII
PART I.
THE SHAPING OF HISTORIC HUNGARY
1. Who Are the Magyars? 1
2. They Rode into History on Horseback 7
3. Torn between East and West 9
4. Ancient Magyar World 13
5. Saint István: The Apostolic King 15
6. Two Regal Knights 19
The Pagans
23
7. King Kálmán. the Book Lover 25
8. Béla III: The "Byzantine" King 27
9. The Mongols Are Coming! 31
The Yellow Storm (
We're Going Home
) 36
PART II.
GLORY, GREATNESS AND DECLINE 39
10. Hungarian Power under the Anjou Kings 40
Róbert Károly, the King with the Midas Touch 40
Nagy Lajos (1342-1382) 42
T
he Sack of Canossa
45
11. János Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom 47
12. Dark Prelude to a Glorious Era 56
13. Mátyás: The Renaissance King 59
14. "Peasant King" on a fiery Throne 69
15. Mohács - Graveyard of Greatness 73
PART III.
THE TURKISH ERA 77
16. Super Diplomat in Friar's Garb 78
17. Transylvania: Citadel of Hungarian Spirit 85
Báthory 87
Bocskay 89
Bethlen 90
The Women of Eger
93
18. The Saga of Two Zrínyis 95
19. The Effects of Turkish Rule in Hungary 101
PART IV.
STUGGLE AND COMPROMISE WITH THE HABSBURGS 105
20. The "Kuruc King" and his "Queen" 107
21. The Prince Who Never Had a Home: Ferenc Rákóczi II 113
22. Maria Theresa: Hungary's Only Reigning Queen 123
23. The Rise of Nationalism 126
24. The "Greatest Hungarian": Count István Széchenyi 129
The Bridge
1 135
25. The "Perfect Magyar": Miklós Wesselényi 138
26. Lajos Kossuth: Champion of Liberty 143
Kossuth in Exile 157
27. Ferenc Deák "The Sage of Hungary" 163
28. Queen Elizabeth: The "Guardian Angel" of Hungary 171
29. An Era of Light and Shadow 175
PART V
A NATION WITHOUT BOUNDARIES 183
30. How to Win by Losing 185
31. Brotherly Love - and Hate 201
32. The Triumph of Propaganda 209
33. The Magyar Road to Trianon 221
34. Trianon: Hungary Dismembered 233
The Day Hungary was "Crucified"
237
35. The Horthy Era (1920-1944) 239
36. The Carpathian Basin: Homeland of Nations 259
37. The Strategic Importance of the Carpathian Basin 263
38. Glory in Defeat (1945-1956) 239
39. Glory in Victory 289
40. A Nation without Boundaries 294
PART VI.
PANORAMA OF HUNGARIAN CULTURE 297
41, Hungarian Musk 299
42. The Hungarian Genius 307
Two Giants of Hungarian Science
313
by Dr. Zoltán Bay
The Amazing Hungarian Jews 315
by Dr. László Tauber
43. A Nation of Champions 319
44. Folk Art 323
45. Fine Arts 329
46. The Hungarian Language 341
47. The Spirit of Hungarian Literature 343
The Spirit of Transylvanian Literature 351
The Modern Area 353
48. A Bridge between East and West? 361
Appendix 364
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Stephen Sisa :
The Spirit of Hungary
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