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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota.
- ISSN
- 0067-2378
- eISSN
- 1558-5255
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0067237821000187
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
sA highlight of a visitor's tour of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest is a viewing of the Szent Korona, the coronation crown of St. Stephen. The crown was supposedly given by the Roman pope to Stephen in the year 1000, as king of the Magyars and Christian ruler of the lands in the Carpathian Basin. János M. Bak and Géz Pálffy lovingly survey a vast literature in many languages about how Hungarian kings were chosen, the history and geography of coronation ceremonies, and the history of the crown and associated regalia. Their book is beautifully illustrated with images from manuscripts, publications, and after 1848, photographs of the crown and coronations in 1867 of Franz Josef/Ferenc József, and in 1916 of Karl I/IV. Károly. The bibliography is extensive and shows the volume of new scholarship written on the crown's history in the twenty-first century, especially on the physical history of the object. According to Bak and Pálffy, more than fifty kings and two queens acceded to the throne of Hungary upon wearing the crown of St. Stephen. Immediately upon the closing of the coronation ceremony, the crown was placed into a holding box under the care of a court official,
Journal
Austrian History Yearbook – Cambridge University Press
Published: May 1, 2021