SZECHENYI, COUNT STEPHEN

sāˈchĕnyē, Hung. Széchenyi István, 1791–1860, Hungarian politician. Influenced by his studies in England, he championed the modernization of Hungarian economic, social, and intellectual life and was the leader of the moderate liberal group in the Hungarian diet. His political and economic essays stimulated the development of liberal thought in Hungary. He was (1848) minister of transportation in the first revolutionary government of Hungary, but he resigned when an open break with Austria impended, and he opposed the nationalism of Louis Kossuth. In 1859, Szechenyi wrote a satire against the absolute rule of the Austrian minister Bach, incurring serious difficulties with the authorities. Szechenyi, who had suffered a mental breakdown once before, committed suicide.

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books on: Szechenyi Count Stephen  - 138 results

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A Professor at Large
Book by Stephen Duggan; The Macmillan Company, 1943
Subjects: Europe--Politics And Government--1918-1945, Intellectual Cooperation, World Politics
...culture of their countries. I shall speak, however, of only one, John Pelenyi, Minister from Hungary, who succeeded Count Szechenyi. He visited all parts of our country to learn of conditions and paid especial attention to our universities. When...
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The Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy
Book by Oscar JÁszi; University of Chicago Press, 1929
Subjects: Austria--Foreign Relations--1866-1918, Austria--History, Austria--Nationality, Austria--Social Conditions, Habsburg, House Of
...the enemies of the dynasty. Count Stephen Szechenyi, the conservative promoter of...reported to Vienna that the count before an audience consisting...leaders of practical politics, and Count Taaffe, prime minister of Austria...
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The Danube
Book by Emil Lengyel; Random House, 1939
Subjects: Austria, Balkan Peninsula, Danube River, Danube River Valley, Europe--Politics And Government--1918-1945, Germany, Hungary
...346 Stephen Radich 350...Bavaria, was fond of playing chess with Count Henry, a devoted vassal. One eve, ning...casual visit to the catacombs of St. Stephens Cathedral gave his ambition a definite...
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Eastern Europe, 1740-1985: Feudalism to Communism
Book by Robin Okey; Routledge, 1992
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--History
...Enlightenment which produced the radical Hungarian count Fekete, who sent Voltaire a hundred bottles...into capitalist money rent the Polish Count Andrzej Zamoyski doubled his revenues in...Chancellery and the head of the Tax Commission, Count Zinzendorff, Joseph had finally stepped...
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Nations and States: An Enquiry into the Origins of Nations and the Politics of Nationalism
Book by Hugh Seton-Watson; Westview Press, 1977
Subjects: Nationalism--History
...the autumn term of 1975. My friends Stephen Clissold and Peter Lyon read the whole...make themselves emperors. Still later, Stephen Dushan of Serbia reign 1331-55 had...society founded in 1858, mainly by James Stephens and John OMahoney, whose Irish branch...
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journal articles on: Szechenyi Count Stephen  - 3 results

 
 
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Szechenyi and Posterity: Changing Perceptions about Szechenyi in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Journal article by Gabor Vermes; East European Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1995
Subjects: Hungarian history, Hungary--History, Szechenyi, Istvan--Portrayals
...Adott Igazat a Kossuth-Szechenyi Vitaban a Tortenelem?" Kortars, 11, no. 1, 1967, pp. 122-130. 28. George Barany, Stephen Szechenyi and the Awakening of Hungarian Nationalism (Princeton, NJ, 1968), p. 429. 29. Janos Barta, "A Szechenyi Elmeny...
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Not Only a Matter of Taste but . . . of the Laws of Mechanics': The Adoption of British Models in Nineteenth-Century Continental Suspension Bridge Design
Journal article by Michael Mende; Journal of Design History, Vol. 6, 1993
Subjects: Design--History
...Matured under the Councils of Count Stephen Szechenyi and Count George Andrdssy...6 L. Konscol, Count Szechenyi in Poszony , in Ivanyi...Ibid., p. 5. 13 L. Stephen S. Lee (eds), Dictionary...
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Gymnastic Exercises, or "Work Wrapped in the Gown of Youthful Joy": Masculinities and the Civilizing Process in 19th Century Hungary
Journal article by Miklos Hadas; Journal of Social History, Vol. 41, 2007
Subjects: Civilization--Research, Culture--Research, Human acts--Influence, Human behavior--Influence, Masculinity--Research, Masculinity--Social aspects
...Masculinities (Cambridge, 1995); Stephen M. Whitehead, Frank J. Barrett...476-77. 6. Laszlo Siklossy, Szechenyi-Wesselenyi es meg egy nemzedek Szechenyi-Wesselenyi and one more generation...1998). 10. Laszlo Siklossy, Szechenyi-Wesselenyi es meg egy nemzedek...


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In Search of Hunor and Magor: Hungary's Western Region of Transdanubia
Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 19, February 2004
Subjects: Hungarian history--Emigration and immigration, Hungarian history--Myths and legends, Hungarian history--Travel
...fascinating artistic touch, Saint Stephens crown is placed on the head...greatest living Hungarian," Count Istv n Szechenyi (1791--1860) was a scion of...culture and language. Not Count Szechenyi. He launched Hungarys first...


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Szechenyi, Count Stephen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SZECHENYI, COUNT STEPHEN sa chenye, Hung. Szechenyi Istvan, 1791 1860, Hungarian politician. Influenced by...he opposed the nationalism of Louis Kossuth . In 1859, Szechenyi wrote a satire against the absolute rule of the Austrian...
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Hungary
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...challenged by such Hungarian leaders as Stephen Bocskay and Gabriel Bethlen...strength. Among its leaders were Count Szechenyi , Louis Kossuth , Baron Eotvos...Hungary as Charles IV) appointed Count Michael Karolyi premier. Karolyi...


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