EÖTVÖS, JÓZSEF, BARON

yōˈzhĕf ötˈvösh, 1813–71, Hungarian writer and statesman. A vigorous reformer and a Christian Liberal, he was minister of public instruction and religious affairs in 1848 and again in 1867. His novel The Village Notary (1844–46, tr. 1850) exposed the corrupt practices of county governments.

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The Price of Freedom: A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present
Book by Piotr S. Wandycz; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Europe, Central--History, Europe, Eastern--History
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The Meaning of Czech History
Book by Tomáš G. Masaryk, René Wellek, Peter Kussi; University of North Carolina Press, 1974
Subjects: Czechoslovakia--History
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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
...Erzsebet. Ady Endre elete es palyaja , 2d ed. Budapest, 1977. See also Hungarian Literature; Nyugat Aehrenthal, Alois Baron Lexa von (1854 1912) Austro-Hungarian diplomat and foreign minister (1906 12). Aehrenthal served as ambassador to Russia...
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Dori, the Life and Times of Theodor Herzl in Budapest (1860-1878)
Book by Andrew Handler; University of Alabama, 1983
Subjects: Budapest (Hungary)--Biography, Herzl, Theodor--1860-1904, Jews--Hungary--Budapest--Biography, Zionists--Austria--Vienna--Biography
...relating to Hungarys Jewry, of Baron Jozsef Eotvos 1813-71 , Minister of Cults...relationship between the two factions, Eotvos convoked the Jewish Congress in...have been predicted, a disaster. Eotvoss attempt not only failed to narrow...
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Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs: Essays on Central Europe, C.1683-1867
Book by R. J. W. Evans; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Austria--Historiography, Europe, Central--History, Habsburg, House Of, Hungary--Historiography
...Theresias, passim, describes the wars in detail. For Hungarians: Jozsef Zachar, in Hadtortenelmi Kozlemenyek, I IO (1997), 3-46...hortgrois, written in 1764. The letter consists of verses by Baron L6rinc Orczy, a general, and by his younger fellow-officer...
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National Sentiment and Foreign Affairs: The Hungarian-Ukrainian Treaty of 1991 in Hungarian Politics *
Journal article by Laszlo Deme; East European Quarterly, Vol. 37, 2003
Subjects: Antall, Jozsef, World politics, World politics--Analysis
...19th century liberal statesman, Baron Jozsef Eotvos: "We cannot regain territories...parliament similarly denounced Jozsef Antall and Geza Jeszenszky. The...Minister, Vitold Fokin to Budapest, Jozsef Antall suggested that consideration...


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EÖtvÖs, JÓzsef, Baron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EOTVOS, JOZSEF, BARON yo zhef ot vosh, 1813 71, Hungarian writer and statesman. A vigorous reformer and a Christian Liberal, he was minister of public...
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Hungary
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...its leaders were Count Szechenyi , Louis Kossuth , Baron Eotvos , Sandor Petofi , and Francis Deak . Inspired by...the right to own a private business. The new premier, Jozsef Antall, a member of the conservative Hungarian Democratic...


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