A MÁRCIUSI FIATALOK CSOPORTIDENTITÁSÁRÓL
ON THE MARCH YOUTHS' GROUP IDENTITY

Author(s): Rita Ratzky
Subject(s): 19th Century, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: Parliamentary youth; Tízek Társasága; Sándor Petőfi; Hungarian University Society; József Irinyi; Pál Vasvári; 1848;
Summary/Abstract: The 1848 revolution in Hungary was prepared and sparked off, among others, by the so-called "Parliamentary youth", the Tízek Társasága (The Society of Ten), founded in 1846. This literary group was led by Sándor Petőfi, the great Hungarian poet, while the members of the other one, led by Pál Vasvári, were university students. The Hungarian University Society was founded in January 1844 and was banned in October 1845. Its members belonged to the petty bourgeoisie, and their main subject of study was the history of the French revolutions. Some of them were excellent orators and journalists. The third group, the Opposition Circle, gathered the reform nobility whose leader was József Irinyi. Their group identity was formed by a community of principles and by the different attacks coming from the outside. By June 1848 the group had fallen out of grace because of its radicalism, republicanism and anti-governmental views. That meant the end of its historical role.

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