The kingdom of Hungary and the Habsburg monarchy in the sixteenth century
| Titel: | The kingdom of Hungary and the Habsburg monarchy in the sixteenth century / Géza Pálffy; translated from the Hungarian by Thomas J. and Helen D. DeKornfeld |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Boulder, Col. : Social Science Monographs, 2009 |
| Umfang: | XVIII, 406 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
East European monographs ; 735 CHSP Hungarian studies series ; 18 |
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| ISBN: | 9780880336338 ; 0880336331 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- List of Illustrations
- p. xi
- Acknowledgments
- p. xv
- 1
- Introduction: Hungary and the Habsburgs in the Early Modern Period
- p. 1
- Prejudices and Debatable Interpretations
- p. 1
- Turning Points in the History of the Kingdom of Hungary and of the Habsburg Monarchy
- p. 6
- The Fateful but Little Known Sixteenth Century
- p. 8
- The Fallacy of the Projection of the Nation-State Concept onto the Early Modern Era
- p. 10
- On Sources and New Researches
- p. 13
- 2
- Between Ottomans and Habsburgs
- p. 17
- A Small Composite State: The Kingdom of Hungary in the Late Middle Ages
- p. 17
- A Country to be Conquered: The Ottomans and Hungary
- p. 23
- A Much Coveted Throne: The Habsburgs and the Kingdom of Hungary
- p. 27
- 3
- Mohács and Partition
- p. 35
- The Battle that Determined Central Europe's Fate
- p. 35
- Two Kings on the Throne of Hungary
- p. 37
- Civil War and Partition
- p. 41
- A Very Important but Dangerous Bulwark
- p. 48
- 4
- Vienna, The New Administrative Center of Hungary
- p. 53
- The Composite Monarchy of the Habsburgs in Central Europe
- p. 53
- The Political and Centralization Program of Ferdinand I
- p. 59
- Vienna: Fortress, Residence, and Center of Political Decision Making
- p. 65
- 5
- Hungarian Aristocracy and the Habsburg Court
- p. 71
- The Joint Habsburg Court and the Virtual Royal Hungarian One
- p. 71
- Difficulties with the Viennese and Prague Integration
- p. 76
- The Options of the Hungarian Political Elite after Integration
- p. 82
- Beginnings of a Supranational Aristocracy
- p. 86
- 6
- Defending the Composite State
- p. 89
- Hungary, an Important but Largely Unknown Bulwark
- p. 89
- The Protective Bastion of the Monarchy: The New Border-Defense System
- p. 94
- The Price of Foreign Assistance
- p. 104
- The Importance of a Military Career
- p. 109
- The Sixteenth Century Military Revolution
- p. 112
- 7
- Hungary's Financial Contributions to the Monarchy
- p. 119
- Hungary, a Dangerous but Wealthy Country
- p. 119
- Financial Administration Reforms in Hungary
- p. 121
- An Important Source of Revenues for the Monarchy: The Revenues of the Kingdom of Hungary
- p. 129
- The Beginning of Administrative Careers in Hungary
- p. 134
- 8
- Feeding Central Europe
- p. 139
- In the Economic Mainstream of Europe
- p. 140
- A Fragmented Country--Close Economic Ties
- p. 145
- The Larder of the Habsburg Court--The Military-Industrial Market of the Monarchy
- p. 149
- The Flowering of Hungarian Enterprises in the Sixteenth Century
- p. 153
- 9
- Institutions of Sovereignty
- p. 157
- Sovereignty in a Composite State
- p. 157
- Election of a King or Acceptance of One
- p. 161
- The Hungarian Council and the Highest Dignitaries of the Country
- p. 168
- The Principal Arena of Estate Resistance: The Diet
- p. 177
- Dispensing Justice, the Legal System, and Self-Government of the Nobility
- p. 186
- 10
- Symbols of Sovereignty
- p. 193
- Preservation of the Unity of St. Stephen's Realm
- p. 193
- The Titles, Coats of Arms and Banners of the Hungarian Rulers
- p. 194
- Coronations in Pozsony: A Virtual Hungarian Royal Court
- p. 200
- The Kingdom of Hungary in the Dynastic Representations of the Habsburgs: Coronations and Funerals in the Monarchy
- p. 204
- 11
- The Hungarian Estates and the Bocskai Uprising
- p. 209
- Hungary in Ruins, Armed Counter-Reformation, Shaky Political Equilibrium
- p. 209
- The "Turkish Emigration" from Transylvania, the Transtisza Haiduks and the Estates of Upper Hungary
- p. 213
- Uprising, Local and Countrywide Civil War among the Estates
- p. 217
- Rearrangement of Power in 1605-1608: Strengthening of the Estates and Advances of the Lay Elite and of the Lesser Nobility
- p. 221
- 12
- Conclusion: Changes after 1526 impacting the Centuries to Follow
- p. 235
- Appendix A
- p. 245
- List of Rulers and Highest Dignitaries of Hungary
- p. 247
- Appendix B
- p. 257
- Gazetteer
- p. 259
- Appendix C
- p. 267
- Hungarian Baronial Appointments and Justifications for the Patents
- p. 269
- Abbreviations
- p. 273
- Notes
- p. 279
- Archival Collections and Published Sources
- p. 351
- Figures
- p. 363
- Maps
- p. 375
- Name Index
- p. 385
- Place Index
- p. 397
- About the Author
- p. 407
- Books Published by CHSP
- p. 408
