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| ARTICLES RELATED TO John Hunyadi | | | | |  John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Nicolaus Olahus - ActivitiesOlahus was particularly active in the Counter-Reformation; even before his elevation to the Archbishopric of Gran, he had been a very zealous opponent of the new Protestant teachings. As Primate of Hungary he threw himself with renewed energy into the great conflict, aiming especially at the purity of Catholic Faith, the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline, the reformation of the clergy, and the establishment of new schools. The mountain cities of Upper Hungary, in which the doctrines of the Reformation had made considerable ...
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| | | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Stephen III of Moldavia - Early life and rise to power Stephen was born 1433 in Borzeşti, near the town of Bacǎu, as a member of the ruling Muşatin family. His father, Bogdan II, ruled Moldavia for 2 years (1449-1451) before being killed by Stephen's uncle, Petru Aron. Between 1451 and 1457, Moldavia was turmoiled by civilwar between Petru Aron and Alexǎndrel - a nephew of Alexandru cel Bun. Under this conflict, he took refuge to Transylvania and John Hunyadi. In 1456, he moved to the court of Dracula and in 1457, he received his help of 6,000 horsemen that he used to defeat Petru Aro ...
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - History Main article: History of Hungary
In the time of the Roman Empire, the Romans called the region Pannonia (west from the Danube river). After Rome fell the Migration Period brought on many invaders. First came the Huns, who built up a powerful empire under Attila. The name "Hungary" may be influenced by the name of the Hun people, although it probably comes from the name of a later, 7th century turkic alliance called Onogur. After the Hunnish rule faded, Germanic tribes Lombards and Gepids ruled in Pannonia for about 100 years, d ...
See also:Hungary, Hungary - History, Hungary - Politics, Hungary - Administrative divisions, Hungary - Geography, Hungary - Climate, Hungary - Economy, Hungary - Demographics, Hungary - Culture, Hungary - Related articles, Hungary - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Hungary: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - History |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Hungarian Parliament Building - Features Similar to the Palace of Westminster, it was built in a Gothic Revival style. It is 268 m long and 123 m wide. Its interior includes 10 courtyards, 13 passenger and freight elevators, 27 gates, 29 staircases and 691 rooms (out of them, more than 200 office rooms). With its height of 96 m, it is the tallest building of Budapest, along with Saint Stephen's Basilica. The number 96 refers to the nation's millennium, 1896, and the conquest of the later Kingdom of Hungary in 896.
The main façade is the one facing the Danube, but the official main entrance is from the square in front of it. Inside and ...
See also:Hungarian Parliament Building, Hungarian Parliament Building - History, Hungarian Parliament Building - Features, Hungarian Parliament Building - Accessibility neighbourhood Read more here: » Hungarian Parliament Building: Encyclopedia II - Hungarian Parliament Building - Features |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - History of Hungary - The Kingdom of Hungary
History of Hungary - High and Late Middle Ages 1000 - 1526.
Hungary was established as a Christian kingdom under Stephen I of Hungary, who was crowned in December 1000 AD or January 1001 AD. He was the son of Géza and thus a descendant of Árpád. By 1006, Stephen had solidified his power, eliminating all rivals who either wanted to follow the old pagan traditions or wanted an alliance with the orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire. Then he started sweeping reforms to convert Hungar ...
See also:History of Hungary, History of Hungary - Origins of the Hungarian state, History of Hungary - The Kingdom of Hungary, History of Hungary - High and Late Middle Ages 1000 - 1526, History of Hungary - Early modern times 1526 - 1718, History of Hungary - 18th century 1718 - 1780, History of Hungary - Enlightenment 1780 - 1848, History of Hungary - The 1848 Revolution 1848 - 1849, History of Hungary - After the revolution 1849 - 1867, History of Hungary - Austria - Hungary 1867 - 1918, History of Hungary - Reds and Whites 1918-1919, History of Hungary - The Regency 1920 - 1944, History of Hungary - World War II, History of Hungary - Hungary's second communist government 1944-1956, History of Hungary - 1956 Revolution, History of Hungary - Changes under Kádár, History of Hungary - Transition to democracy, History of Hungary - Free Elections and a Democratic Hungary Read more here: » History of Hungary: Encyclopedia II - History of Hungary - The Kingdom of Hungary |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Economy Main article: Economy of Hungary
Hungary continues to demonstrate strong economic growth as one of the newest members of the European Union (since 2004). Together with Slovenia and the Czech Republic, Hungary provides one of the highest standard of living among Eastern European countries. The private sector accounts for over 80% of GDP. Hungary gets nearly one third of all foreign direct investment flowing in to Central Europe. Foreign ownership of and investment in Hungarian firms are widespread, with cumulative foreign direct ...
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Geography Main article: Geography of Hungary
Hungary's landscape consists mostly of the flat to rolling plains of the Carpathian Basin, with hills and lower mountains to the north along the Slovakian border (highest point: the Kékes at 1,014 m). Hungary is divided in two by its main waterway, the Danube (Duna); other large rivers include the Tisza and Dráva, while the western half contains Lake Balaton, a major body of water. The largest thermal lake in the world, Lake Hévíz (Hévíz Spa), is located in Hungary. The second largest lake in the Carpathian Basin (and probably the largest artificial lake in Europ ...
See also:Hungary, Hungary - History, Hungary - Politics, Hungary - Administrative divisions, Hungary - Geography, Hungary - Climate, Hungary - Economy, Hungary - Demographics, Hungary - Culture, Hungary - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Hungary: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Geography |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Administrative divisions Main article: Counties of Hungary
Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties, in addition to which there is one capital city (főváros): Budapest. There are also 23 so-called urban counties (singular megyei jogú város), These are:
Békéscsaba
Debrecen
Dunaújváros
Eger
Érd
Győr
Hódmezővásárhely
Kaposvár
Kecskemét
Miskolc
Nagykanizsa
Nyíregyháza
Pécs
Salgóta ...
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Climate Hungary has a continental climate, with cold, cloudy, humid winters and warm to hot summers. Average annual temperature is 9.7 °C (49.5 °F). Temperature extremes are about 38 °C (100 °F) in the summer and −29 °C (−20 °F) in the winter. Average temperature in the summer is 27 to 32 °C (81 to 90 °F), and in the winter it is 0 to −15 °C (32 to 5 °F). The average yearly rainfall is approximately 600 mm (24 in). A small, southern region of the country near P ...
See also:Hungary, Hungary - History, Hungary - Politics, Hungary - Administrative divisions, Hungary - Geography, Hungary - Climate, Hungary - Economy, Hungary - Demographics, Hungary - Culture, Hungary - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Hungary: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Climate |
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| | | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Demographics
Circa 900 AD- according to various sources 250,000 - 400,000 Magyars settled in the Pannonian plain, inhabited predominantly by Slavs
1222 - 2,000,000 at the time of Golden Bull
1242 - 1,200,000 after the Mongol-Tatars invasion
1370 - 2,500,000 at the time of Angevin kings
1490 - 4,000,000 before the Ottoman conquest (3.2 million Magyars)
1699 - 3,300,000 at the time of Treaty of Karlowitz (less than 2 million Magyars)
1711 - 3,000,000 at the end of Kuruc War (1.6 million Ma ...
See also:Hungary, Hungary - History, Hungary - Politics, Hungary - Administrative divisions, Hungary - Geography, Hungary - Climate, Hungary - Economy, Hungary - Demographics, Hungary - Culture, Hungary - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Hungary: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Demographics |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Culture Main article: Culture of Hungary
Hungarian culture is diverse and varied.
The music of Hungary consists mainly of traditional Hungarian folk music and music by prominent Romantic and Baroque composers such as Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály (although the latter mainly composed music with traditional elements). Hungarian traditional music tends to have a strong dactylic rhythm, just as the language is invariably stressed ...
See also:Hungary, Hungary - History, Hungary - Politics, Hungary - Administrative divisions, Hungary - Geography, Hungary - Climate, Hungary - Economy, Hungary - Demographics, Hungary - Culture, Hungary - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Hungary: Encyclopedia II - Hungary - Culture |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Transylvania - Economy Transylvania is rich in mineral resources, notably lignite, iron, lead, manganese, gold, copper, natural gas, salt, and sulfur. There are large iron and steel, chemical, and textile industries. Stock raising, agriculture, wine production, and fruit growing are important occupations. Timber is another valuable resource.
Transylvania accounts for around 35% of Romania's GDP, and has a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $9,000, aroun ...
See also:Transylvania, Transylvania - Geography, Transylvania - Economy, Transylvania - Population, Transylvania - Etymology, Transylvania - History, Transylvania - Ancient History: The heartland of the Dacian state, Transylvania - Early Middle Ages: From Dacia to the Great Migrations, Transylvania - Late Middle Ages: Transylvania as part of the Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania - Transylvania as an independent principality, Transylvania - Under Austrian Rule 1711-1867, Transylvania - Transylvania as part of Romania, Transylvania - Historical population, Transylvania - Historical coat of arms of Transylvania, Transylvania - Tourist attractions, Transylvania - Culture Read more here: » Transylvania: Encyclopedia II - Transylvania - Economy |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Transylvania - Economy Transylvania is rich in mineral resources, notably lignite, iron, lead, manganese, gold, copper, natural gas, salt, and sulfur. There are large iron and steel, chemical, and textile industries. Stock raising, agriculture, wine production, and fruit growing are important occupations. Timber is another valuable resource.
Transylvania accounts for around 35% of Romania's GDP, and has a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $9,000, aroun ...
See also:Transylvania, Transylvania - Geography, Transylvania - Economy, Transylvania - Population, Transylvania - Etymology, Transylvania - History, Transylvania - Ancient History: Transylvania as the heartland of the Dacian state, Transylvania - Early Middle Ages: From Dacia to the Great Migrations, Transylvania - Late Middle Ages: Transylvania as part of the Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania - Transylvania as an independent principality, Transylvania - Austrian Rule and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Transylvania - Transylvania as part of Romania, Transylvania - Historical population, Transylvania - Coat of arms of Transylvania, Transylvania - Tourist attractions, Transylvania - Culture Read more here: » Transylvania: Encyclopedia II - Transylvania - Economy |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Transylvania - Geography The territory known today as Transylvania, consists of a region of 16 counties (Romanian: judeţ), which cover nearly 103 600 km² in central and northwest Romania. The 16 counties are Alba, Arad, Bihor, Bistriţa-Năsăud, Braşov, Caraş-Severin, Cluj, Covasna, Harghita, Hunedoara, Maramureş, Mureş, Sălaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, and Timiş.
The Transylvanian plateau, 300 to 500 metres (1,000-1,600 feet) high, is drained by the Mureş, Someş, Criş, and Olt rivers, as well as other tributaries of the Danube. Cluj-Napoca (318,027) is t ...
See also:Transylvania, Transylvania - Geography, Transylvania - Economy, Transylvania - Population, Transylvania - Etymology, Transylvania - History, Transylvania - Ancient History: Transylvania as the heartland of the Dacian state, Transylvania - Early Middle Ages: From Dacia to the Great Migrations, Transylvania - Late Middle Ages: Transylvania as part of the Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania - Transylvania as an independent principality, Transylvania - Austrian Rule and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Transylvania - Transylvania as part of Romania, Transylvania - Historical population, Transylvania - Coat of arms of Transylvania, Transylvania - Tourist attractions, Transylvania - Culture Read more here: » Transylvania: Encyclopedia II - Transylvania - Geography |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Transylvania - Etymology Transylvania was first referred to in a Latin language document in 1075 as "Ultra silvam," meaning "beyond the forest."
In 1075 King Géza I of Hungary when endowing the Benedictine abbey of Garamszentbenedek (now in Slovakia: Hronský Beňadik) granted to it half of the royal salt duty to be collected on the lading point of Arieş (Hungarian: Aranyos) riverside ("in loco, qui dicitur hungarice Aranas, latine autem Aureus"), near the Turda (Hungarian: Torda, German: Thorenburg) salt mine, located "ultra silvam" (Source: Diplomata Hungariae Antiquissima, vol. I. B ...
See also:Transylvania, Transylvania - Geography, Transylvania - Economy, Transylvania - Population, Transylvania - Etymology, Transylvania - History, Transylvania - Ancient History: Transylvania as the heartland of the Dacian state, Transylvania - Early Middle Ages: From Dacia to the Great Migrations, Transylvania - Late Middle Ages: Transylvania as part of the Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania - Transylvania as an independent principality, Transylvania - Austrian Rule and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Transylvania - Transylvania as part of Romania, Transylvania - Historical population, Transylvania - Coat of arms of Transylvania, Transylvania - Tourist attractions, Transylvania - Culture Read more here: » Transylvania: Encyclopedia II - Transylvania - Etymology |
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| | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Vlad III Dracula - Wallachian royalty and the family background of Dracula The crown of Wallachia was not passed automatically from father to son; instead, the leader was elected by the boyars, with the requirement that the Prince-elect be of princely lineage (os de domn - "of voivode bones", "of voivode marrow"), including out of wedlock births. This elective monarchy often resulted in instability, family disputes and assassinations. Eventually, the royal house split between two factions: the descendants of Prince Mircea the Elder, Dracula's grandfather; and those of another prince, Dan II (the D ...
See also:Vlad III Dracula, Vlad III Dracula - Wallachian royalty and the family background of Dracula, Vlad III Dracula - The life of Vlad III, Vlad III Dracula - Alleged atrocities, Vlad III Dracula - Anecdotal evidence, Vlad III Dracula - Nine anecdotes, Vlad III Dracula - The vampire myth and the Romanian attitudes Read more here: » Vlad III Dracula: Encyclopedia II - Vlad III Dracula - Wallachian royalty and the family background of Dracula |
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| | | | | | John Hunyadi: Encyclopedia II - Vlad III Dracula - The life of Vlad III
Vlad was born in the Transylvanian city of Sighişoara, during the winter of 1431. Although his native country was Wallachia to the south, the family were in exile as his father had been ousted by pro-Turkish boyars, united under a rival claimant to the throne, Alexandu, who was assisted by Ottoman regiments and Alexandu was now a vassal of the Turkish Sultan. In the same year as his birth, his father, Vlad Dracul, could be found in Nuremberg, wh ...
See also:Vlad III Dracula, Vlad III Dracula - Wallachian royalty and the family background of Dracula, Vlad III Dracula - The life of Vlad III, Vlad III Dracula - Alleged atrocities, Vlad III Dracula - Anecdotal evidence, Vlad III Dracula - Nine anecdotes, Vlad III Dracula - The vampire myth and the Romanian attitudes Read more here: » Vlad III Dracula: Encyclopedia II - Vlad III Dracula - The life of Vlad III |
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