The image of the Ottomans in Hungarian historiography
The image of the Ottomans in Hungarian historiography
Author(s): Gábor ÁgostonSubject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), 18th Century, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: The image of the Ottomans in Hungary; Ottoman studies in Hungary; politics and historiography; Turkology; impact of Ottoman rule;
Summary/Abstract: This short essay overviews the changing image of the Ottomans in Hungarian historiography from the late 19th century to the 1990s. It maintains that whereas the Ottoman Empire had received a generally negative treatment from the nationalist historiographies of the empire’s successor states in the Balkans and the Middle East, Hungarian historiography has been more divided and has offered a more diverse view with regard to the country’s Ottoman centuries. As in the case of the biased treatment of the new nation-states of the Balkans and the Middle East, the more balanced Hungarian attitude has its political and cultural-historiographical background, which is briefly addressed in the paper.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 61/2008
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 15-26
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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