„Vlasť v malom.” Korunovačné slávnosti v období dualizmu a symbolika korunovačného vŕšku
“The homeland in miniature”. (The coronation celebrations in the period of Dualism and the symbolic coronation hill)

Summary/Abstract: The study analyses the development and functioning of political rituals and myths from the time of the two coronation ceremonies of the period of dualism: those of 1867 and 1916. A coronation was a splendid opportunity for the application of a whole range of political symbols. The study is mainly concerned with the ceremonies associated with the coronation hill, and in this contexts considers various aspects of cultural memory and political identities. In 1867 and again in 1916, all the municipia, that is counties and cities, were asked to send earth for the coronation hill from “historically important” places. The hill was intended to symbolize the unity and extent of the state. It also had to legitimize the new situation created by the Ausgleich. The hill was supposed to summarize the whole of Hungarian history and to symbolically unite the past with the present.

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