Szlovák történészek Trianon-interpretációi napjainkig
Interpretations of Trianon by Slovak historians to the present

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines interpretations of Trianon in the Slovak historiography. The dissolution of Austria-Hungary is a sensitive topic in both Hungarian and Slovak historiography. On both sides, the historiographies of Trianon have developed along different conceptual and interpretative frameworks. Slovak historians mainly trace the entire post-war sequence of events back to the formation of Czechoslovakia in October 1918. In their treatment of the period prior to the creation of the new state, they primarily emphasize the shortcomings of nationality policy in Hungary and the ‘topos of oppression.’ These points were present in the Slovak historiography not only between the two world wars, but also after the democratic changes of 1989. Assessments of the disintegration of the historical Hungarian state and the creation of the Czechoslovak nation-state in the Slovak ‘sphere’ are strongly influenced by the political and ideological orientation at the time. The study places particular emphasis on the period following the 1989 regime change. It also reveals that in recent research, Slovak historians have moved away from one-sided views of political history in favour of a socio-historical, cultural and memory policy context, which sheds significant light on the roots of national frustrations in Slovak historiography.

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