The Habsburgs and the Hungarian Problem, 1790–1848

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ID11005706
AutoresR Evans (0000-0002-7034-5122, autor correspondente), R J W Evans (0000-0001-5072-2499)
Ano1989
Volume39
Páginas41-62
Data de publicação1989-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTransactions of the Royal Historical Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0080-4401 • E-ISSN: 1474-0648
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3678977
OpenAlexW2314558997
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas8

ON 4 MARCH 1848 Hungarians were excitedly debating the devastating criticisms of their country's rulers pronounced before assembled members of the diet the previous day by the popular tribune, Lajos Kossuth, the culmination of a campaign of agitation which stretched back a decade and more. Kossuth called for a constitutional transformation, with a responsible ministry, full legal equality, and the abolition of all privilege. The following month his programme was conceded wholesale by the authorities, under pressure from the sans-culottes of Budapest, and prostrate before their own Viennese revolution—for Kossuth's speech had played a major part in unseating Metternich there. Six months later power passed to a fully secessionist Hungarian regime, in which Kossuth enjoyed near-dictatorial sway. The ensuing civil war, during which the dynasty was declared deposed, took a further year to contain; its outcome appeared to be a complete breakdown of mutual confidence between king and country

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