《History of Hungary》

INTRODUCTION9

PART ONE：FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHRISTIAN KINGDOM13

1From the Beginnings to the Conquest15

2 The Era of ＇Adventures＇23

3 The Age of Reason29

PART TWO：THE MEDIEVAL KINGDOM THE DYNASTY OF THE ARPADS33

4The Establishment of a Christian Kingdom35

5 Internal Strife41

6 Consolidation48

7 The Rise of the Barons57

8 Béla IV and the Mongol Invasion65

9 The End of the Arpáds79

PART THREE：THE ZENITH OF HUNGARIAN POWER THE ELECTED KINGS85

10The Anjou Kings87

11 Sigismund of Luxemburg99

12 John Hunyadi109

13 Matthias Hunyadi Corvinus121

14 Social Upheaval－National Disaster134

PART FOUR：THE DIVIDED KINGDOM149

15The Country Torn Asunder151

16 Internal Conditions161

17 Three-Cornered Fight169

18 Reformation．Literature184

19 The Golden Age of Transylvania188

20 Liberation198

21 The Balance Sheet of the Turkish Occupation209

22 Out of the Frying-pan into the Fire213

23 The Rákóczi Rebellion218

PART FIVE：UNDER HABSBURG RULE229

24Stabilization：Charles Ⅲ，Maria Theresa231

25 Enlightened Despotism242

26 National Revival246

27 The Era of Reforms252

28 The Sway of Extremists259

29 The War of Independence，1848-9264

30 Absolutism269

31 Compromise and Uneasy Partnership274

32 The First World War and the Revolution281

PART SIX：AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR287

33The Horthy Era289

A SELECT LIST OF DATES298

INDEX302