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King Władysław at the Battle of Varna, as imagined by Jan Matejko.

The Battle of Varna: A Missed Opportunity to Save Byzantium

The campaign at Varna was one of the most important campaigns launched to repel the Turks, and it needed little to succeed…Varna opened the way to Byzantium, and thus nothing could prevent the Ottoman siege and fall of Constantinople in…
Huns by Georges Rochegrosse (detail, 1910)

The Spiritual History of the Hungarian Nation — Part II

‘The most important distinguishing feature of the Hungarian national ethos and Hungarian nationalism, according to Joó, is that the Hungarian nation’s leitmotif of Steppe origin survived the foundation of the Christian state, and even survived the Middle Ages, synthesizing it…
The Battle of Kenyérmező (Breadfield) by Eduard Gurk, 1850.

The Last Success of a Hungarian Army Against the Turks: The Battle at Kenyérmező

‘Hungary gave Western Europe time to prepare itself economically and militarily for centuries of struggle with the Turks. It is true, however, that Hungary projected the false impression that it alone could hold back the Turkish advance, which proved to…
The Mamluks of Egypt defeated the Armenians, 1266: Illumination from Le Livre des Merveilles, 15th century.

Pax Mongolica — The Freedom of Christian Conversion

Mongol rule brought not only immense destruction and suffering to the peoples of the conquered territories but also peace, known in modern research as ‘pax Mongolica’. The period of the Mongol Empire (1206–1368) is unique in world history….
King Saint Stephen's Holy Right, Budapest's most cherished relic

The Many Faces of King Saint Stephen, the Founder of Our State

The foundation of the Hungarian State by King Stephen I created unprecedented stability in the Carpathian Basin, setting the region on the path of Western-style modernization and development….
St John of Capistrano – Combative Lion at the Service of the Church

St John of Capistrano, Hero of the 1456 Victory at Nándorfehérvár

The crusader army numbering tens of thousands that St John of Capistrano recruited played an important role in the successful defence of the Fortress of Nándorfehérvár and in the battle that ended the siege. John Hunyadi would have been defeated…

The Rebirth of the Medieval Royal Library of Hungary

‘Their book collections were also incorporated into King Matthias’ library, now known as the Bibliotheca Corviniana. This can be considered the first royal library to be consciously established and developed. It began to flourish especially after Matthias’ marriage to Beatrix,…

Saint Ladislaus, the Crusade Leader

‘The first units of the First Crusade, and then the main army led by Godfrey of Bouillon, did cross the Hungarian Kingdom, but by then King Coloman was on the throne, the successor of Ladislaus. It was also well known…
Illustrations of János Arany’s ballads by painter Mihály Zichy (1898)

King Sigismund and the Heroes of the Siege of Golubac

Galambóc (Golubac in today’s Serbia), still an imposing fortress on the banks of the lower Danube section, first appears in the annals of history when Turkish invasions approached and even reached the former borders of Hungary. King Sigismund, however, is…

A Short History of Hungarian Beer Brewing

Now that it is almost summertime when a cool beer can come in handy, we invite our readers to a brief journey through time to discover some fun facts about the past and present of beer brewing in Hungary….

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