Pamäť a oslavy storočníc „génia národa“, „najväčšieho Maďara“ a „mudrca vlasti“ v mestách Zvolenskej, Novohradskej a Gemersko-malohontskej župy
Memory and celebrations of the centenaries of the “Genius of the Nation”, “Greatest Hungarian” and “Wiseman of the Homeland” in the towns of the

Summary/Abstract: In the period of formation of modern nations, celebrations of a political character served as media and formative instruments for collective or national historical memory. This study is directed towards specific celebrations – for the centenaries of three Hungarian statesmen: Lajos Kossuth (1902), István Széchenyi (1891) and Ferenc Deák (1903). It looks at the places of memory in two or three different ethno-linguistic micro-spaces, and in the public space of the counties of Zvolen (Banská Bystrica, Zvolen), Novohrad (Lučenec) and Gemer-Malohont (Rimavská Sobota). By reconstructing their ritual symbolic aspect and the associated attitudes, ideas and values, it uncovers the aim of such undertakings and the functions and forms of historical memory.

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