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History of the Hungarians is a chronological, narrative podcast, following the history of the Hungarian people from their nomadic origins up to the present day. The podcast is made by an independent podcaster, Ferenc Hüvös. Find us by following the rss link, and listen on the platform of your choice!
- Remembering 1848
1848 was supposed to be the birth of the modern Hungarian nation. In some ways, it still succeeded. March 15th marks the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 – the only bloodless revolutions in the wave that crashed over Europe that year. We Hungarians are very proud of that, even if the day began… Read more: Remembering 1848 - Árpádian burials
In our first set of episodes this season I made the claim, as we were putting Saint István to rest, that with the founder of the medieval Hungarian kingdom being buried at Székesfehérvár, the city would become the burial place of the Árpádians. But careful listeners might have noticed that during the first century, not… Read more: Árpádian burials - Establishing Charter of the Abbey of Tihany
Today I bring you a different kind of source than usual. Let’s talk about the Establishing Charter of the Abbey of Tihany. The document is dated to 1055, when King András I donated large tracks of land to the Abbey of Tihany, and the charter is meant to list out these donations. If you recall,… Read more: Establishing Charter of the Abbey of Tihany - The Sources: Márk of Kált
Today I am going to cheat a tiny bit. While we discussed the Illuminated Chronicle last week, you might have noticed that I did not talk much about the man who wrote it. There were a few small reasons, most prominent amongst them is that I wanted to keep focus on the work itself. You… Read more: The Sources: Márk of Kált - The Sources: The Illuminated Chronicle
I thought I would try to resurrect this little segment of mine, and continue the discussion on the sources of the show. This week, we shall dive into the matter of the Illuminated Chronicle. We immediately run into a bit of an issue regarding the authorship: there is a debate whether the author was Hungarian… Read more: The Sources: The Illuminated Chronicle - The Sources: Simon of Kéza
This week will see the continuation of our small little series on the sources of Hungarian history, with discussing another writer, Simon of Kéza. Simon wrote his work in the latter decades of the 13th century, and specifically mentions László IV as his inspiration. His exact origins are unknown, and there are many theories about… Read more: The Sources: Simon of Kéza - The Sources: Anonymous
His name is not known – hence the moniker – as he only refers to himself as either Bele Regis Notarius, meaning the Notary of King Béla, or as Master P. This latter bit could even mean Prae Dictus Magister, which would assume that his name was lost during the process of copying his work.