The Influence of the Estate System and Power Relations in the Late Feudal Parliament Seating Plan
The Influence of the Estate System and Power Relations in the Late Feudal Parliament Seating Plan
Author(s): Tamás DobszaySubject(s): 19th Century
Published by: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Történettudományi Intézet
Keywords: 19th century; Hungarian Diet; late feudal parliamentarism; Estate system; use of space; seating arrangement of chambers
Summary/Abstract: “We shape our buildings and then they shape us,” Winston Churchill said when the question of rebuilding Westminster and modifying the interior of the House of Commons came up and he expressed his support for preserving the former system.1 Thus, according to the prime minister, a seating plan both expresses and determines the character and operation of parliamentarism. In light of this interconnection, in this essay I examine the formal characteristics of the late feudal Diet in Hungary between 1790 and 1848, as well as the power relations of the estates and strivings as they found expression within this system.
Journal: The Hungarian historical review : new series of Acta Historica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 10/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 129-154
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
