In the mid-1030s, the cousin of King Stephen I of Hungary, Prince Vazul (the son of Michael, the younger brother of Geza, Stephen’s father) conspired to assassinate the elderly and ailing king.
Dynastic Intrigues and Domestic Realities during the Reigns of Andrew I and Bela I
October 23, 2014 By
Hungary’s Conversion to Christianity: The Establishment of Hungarian Statehood and its Consequences to the Thirteenth Century
September 1, 2014 By
The Carpathian Basin occupies a peculiar place in history. It was the ground where Roman-Germanic world met that of the Slavs and mounted nomad peoples, where no group had achieved sustained unity before the state of Hungary was founded.
The Role of the Byzantine Church in Medieval Hungary
August 5, 2012 By
The necessity for a change of country by the Magyars was a direct consequence of the policy of the Byzantine court.
The Historic Origins of the National Assembly in Hungary
September 25, 2011 By
The Historic Origins of the National Assembly in Hungary Szente, Zoltán Historia Constitucional, No 8 (2007) Abstract The article examines the roots of Hungarian national assemblies. To discuss the changes of structure and functions from the establishment of the first deliberative assemblies up to the fully-developed feudal Diet, it suggests a conceptual framework for the ‘historic’ […]
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