Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part I – Key Themes 2. The Hungarian Political System in the 19th Century, János Veliky (ELTE University of Budapest, Hungary) 3. Constitutional and Legal Thought, István Stipta (Gáspár Károli University of the Reformed Church, Hungary) 4. Geopolitical Background, Loránd Ambrus-Lakatos (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) Part II - Key Figures 5. Ferenc Kazinczy, Kálmán Tóth (NUPS JERC RIPG, Hungary), Henrik Honich (NUPS TMRI, Hungary), Ágoston Nagy (NUPS TMRI, Hungary), and Réka Lengyel (RCH Institute for Literary Studies, Hungary) 6. Ferenc Kölcsey, Ferenc Kulin (Gáspár Károli University of the Reformed Church, Hungary) 7. Count István Széchenyi, András Gergely (Gáspár Károli University of the Reformed Church, Hungary) 8. Count Lajos Batthyány, Gábor Erdody (ELTE University of Budapest, Hungary) 9. Lajos Kossuth, György Miru (University of Debrecen, Hungary) 10. Baron József Eötvös, Pál Body (University of Miskolc, Hungary) 11. Baron Zsigmond, Kemény Ferenc Hörcher (NUPS JERC RIPG and RCH Institute of Philosophy, Hungary) 12. Ferenc Deák, István Schlett (ELTE University of Budapest, Hungary) Bibliography Index

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An examination of Hungarian political thought, culture, systems and discourse in the 19th century.

About the Author

Ferenc Hörcher is Head of the Research Institute of Politics and Government of the National University of Public Service, Hungary, and a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Philosophy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. He is a member of the editorial board of Politeja and Hungarian Review. He is also the co-editor, along with Thomas Lorman, of A History of the Hungarian Constitution (Bloomsbury, 2018). Kálmán Tóth is Postdoctoral Researcher at National University of Public Service, Hungary.