Hlavnomestskí a dolnozemskí Slováci očami cestovateľov
Capital and Lower Town Slovaks through the eyes of travellers

Summary/Abstract: The Slovaks living in Budapest and in the south of the Great Hungarian Plain from the point of view of the travellers. The study deals with the 19th and 20th century Slovak and Czech publicists' and writers' (J.Kollár, O.Seberini, J.G.Tajovsky, K.Adámek, J.Neruda, Fr.Brábek) written experiences and reflections during their travels. The destination of the introduced publicists was concentrated beyond the Lajta, or to be more exact, to the capital of the monarchy Pest-Buda and to the Great Hungarian Plain.In their riports and travelogues the writers give a lively description of the events they lived through and showed the many-coloured, multinational composition of the town. In the first place the publicists laid emphasis on the typical behaviour, character and mentality of the Hungarian, Slovak and Czech residents.They took notice of the dynamic development and growth of the capital, the big constructions and the language usage of the population living there. In their riports they showed a typical town near Pest and towns of the Great Hungarian Plain (Békéscsaba, Mezőberény) and the residents too. Their writings without doubt belong to the Hungarian, Slovak and Czech historiography context and from the historical-cultural point of view they are remarkable.

• Details
• Contents