A01=Istvan M. Szijarto
Author_Istvan M. Szijarto
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forthcoming
History: 18th19th Century
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- ISBN 9781807581435
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Across eighteenth-century Europe, political power resided overwhelmingly with absolute monarchs, with notable exceptions including the much-studied British Parliament as well as the frequently overlooked Hungarian Diet, which placed serious constraints on royal power and broadened opportunities for political participation. Estates and Constitution provides a rich account of Hungarian politics during this period, restoring the Diet to its rightful place as one of the era’s major innovations in government. István M. Szijártó traces the religious, economic, and partisan forces that shaped the Diet, putting its historical significance in international perspective.
István M. Szijártó is Professor of History at Eötvös University, Budapest. He has published several books about the social and cultural history of politics in 18th-century Hungary as well as the theoretical and methodological problems surrounding microhistory.
