Union or merging ? The issue of the „Transylvanian specificity” in the controversy regarding the concretization of the Union of Transylvania with Hungary (1866-1870) Cover Image

Uniune sau contopire ? Problema „specificului ardelean” în polemica din presa clujeană privind concretizarea unirii Transilvaniei cu Ungaria (1866-1870)
Union or merging ? The issue of the „Transylvanian specificity” in the controversy regarding the concretization of the Union of Transylvania with Hungary (1866-1870)

Author(s): Nicoleta Maria Hegedűs
Subject(s): History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, 19th Century
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: union; Transylvania; dualist compromise; regional identity; Hungarian newspapers;

Summary/Abstract: The union of Transylvania with Hungary was in 1848 one of the main desires of the Hungarian revolutionaries from Transylvania, and this desire was fulfilled with the conclusion of the dualist compromise. The Cluj diet of November 1865 voted this union and it was enshrined in law in 1868. Nevertheless, the effective incorporation of Transylvania into the Hungarian state was a long process, and the Hungarian newspapers made their pages discussing how effective union should be achieved. The controversies on this topic also raise the issue of Transylvanian specificity, and this study aims to highlight the way in which the parties involved relate to the regional identity.

  • Issue Year: LIX/2020
  • Issue No: 59
  • Page Range: 387-394
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian
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