Hungary History
Around the time of the Roman Empire Hungary was a part of a region known as Pannonia, just west of the Danube river. Though after the Roman Empire was dissolved, the Huns were spoken of in the area and amongst them rode a younger Hungary, not that she seemed to mind riding around with a bunch of warriors that seemed to like destroying things. Though she continued with the Huns from approximately 400 AD she was reigned in away from them by the Magyar (and associated tribes which unified with them) people at about 896 AD which began the movement to create the actual Kingdom of Hungary.
Through this unification the Magyars named a ruler of the tribes through something they called the covenant of blood, a pact that is completed by the princes (the princes of the other Magyar tribes of Hungary) letting their blood into a vessel to give their oath over and declare their new ruler. After this oath they were officially declared as the Hungarian nation which began the medieval period of Hungary. During this time Hungary raided most of Eastern Europe, going as far as Spain in their raiding, proving them a formidable force until the Germans came to bring them down once more. This led to the Battle of Lechfeld in which the Hungarians experienced defeat enough in which to end their raiding mission as well as slowly begin to pull them apart once more. During this time the current overlord of the Magyar tribes tried to integrate Hungary into Christian Western Europe, using it as a model for rebuilding. This slowly began to succeed, leaving an empire to his son to control. Hungary was none-too-pleased at this change but kept her silence, figuring that her people knew what they were doing. At least for the moment, anyway.
For the next around two hundred years not much happened in the history of her life, save for the fact that she was placed under a Catholic Apostolic Kingdom during the time. A huge difference between the previous history. Though with this change brought problems as well as Hungary’s current boss (saint Stephen I) there were still killings going on amongst her people, particularly those who wished to stay in their pagan manners or to ally with the Eastern Christian Byzantine Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire) as well as enough reforms to look like any other western feudal state under a Christianization. Though what had not been expected by neither the people nor the country herself was that these reforms would lead to a stronger Hungary. One that could fight off the advances of the Germans as well as nomadic tribes, even surviving the Battle of Mohi against the Mongols. Even though this battle left Hungary battered and torn she came back once more, stronger than ever despite the battle wounds that were left upon her body. Though this battle left an impact upon her as well as her people as about a quarter of the population was killed.
However, Hungary bounced right back as the people took the time to fortify and to make sure they could beat back the Ottoman Turks threat that came to them. For this reason alone Hungary continued to grow stronger, up until the Renaissance era with the introduction of Hungary’s boss known as Matthias Corvinus who would later become her most beloved. During this time many changes began to happen once more, changes that would lead to the Hungarian army becoming one of the most powerful, enough so to capture parts of Austria which included Vienna. With the desires of her boss the army soon became strong enough to also lead towards taking down the Ottoman Turks, if such was wished.
However, this army was not to last as Hungary’s next boss came to power. The reason being that the magnates wanted someone they could control and that made the army and Hungary herself suffer from the actions. With this change came peasant rebellions which also lead to the central government dissolving and allowing the Ottoman Turks to come in and destroy their army at the Battle of Mohács. This lead to the Turks taking over parts of Hungary and leading to even more chaos within the land itself which came to have two monarchs, one of Hungarian decent and the other of Austrian decent. Despite this chaos this gave Hungary a chance to get closer to Austria, a move she was more than willing to make. The chaos continued and soon the lands were split into three parts, one ruled by the Turks, one by Hungary, and the other under Austrian control.
During the Thirty Year’s war things were switched around once more as after the fact the Christian forces took back some of Hungary’s lands and after the Treaty of Karlowitz all of Hungary’s lands were back to Hungarian control. Though afterward Royal Hungary (a section of country that was under Austrian control but still technically Hungary) encountered uprisings for equal religious tolerance which ended up in the Austrians crushing the movement and destroying several castles in the process.
Around 1820 a revival was made through Hungary, though the progress was slow due to the nobles of the time wishing to keep all their privileges. The important thing that came out of it was Hungarian being named the national language, leaving Hungary as to speaking the native language (though she kept her Latin as well, as a basis). However, trouble struck once more as the Emperors of the time refused to implement reforms, inciting a national revolution against them.
The revolutions continued on for some time, going between success and failure for the people of the country. The other force continually pushing them back being the Habsburgs (the Austrian rulers of Habsburg (Royal) Hungary), though eventually with enough help from other nationalities within Hungary they managed to pull up a Hungarian army to defeat the Austrian armies of the area. However this did not last long as Austria’s boss called in the help of Russia to come beat down the resistance, which was done with relative ease. This allowed for Austria to regain control again, going so far as to execute thirteen Hungarian leaders in the process. This ended up upsetting Hungary, though she kept her cool and watched to see as to how this would play-out.
The fighting had continued; not so much violent bloodshed as before but internal problems continued to plague the land until finally a solution was thought up. To appease both the Austrians and the Hungarians the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 was created; basically it created a dual-monarchy, one side being ruled by the Austrian Habsburg Empire and the other side by the Hungarians. For simplification of the two monarchies and to keep them from constantly feuding the two sides were controlled separately by two different parliaments. With this compromise Hungary grew in leaps and bounds economically as well as socially, allowing for far more growth and encouraging immigration as well. The effects of this being integration of different cultures onto Hungary herself, though this did make her grow stronger in power once more to be considered her old formidable self.
Through this unification the Magyars named a ruler of the tribes through something they called the covenant of blood, a pact that is completed by the princes (the princes of the other Magyar tribes of Hungary) letting their blood into a vessel to give their oath over and declare their new ruler. After this oath they were officially declared as the Hungarian nation which began the medieval period of Hungary. During this time Hungary raided most of Eastern Europe, going as far as Spain in their raiding, proving them a formidable force until the Germans came to bring them down once more. This led to the Battle of Lechfeld in which the Hungarians experienced defeat enough in which to end their raiding mission as well as slowly begin to pull them apart once more. During this time the current overlord of the Magyar tribes tried to integrate Hungary into Christian Western Europe, using it as a model for rebuilding. This slowly began to succeed, leaving an empire to his son to control. Hungary was none-too-pleased at this change but kept her silence, figuring that her people knew what they were doing. At least for the moment, anyway.
For the next around two hundred years not much happened in the history of her life, save for the fact that she was placed under a Catholic Apostolic Kingdom during the time. A huge difference between the previous history. Though with this change brought problems as well as Hungary’s current boss (saint Stephen I) there were still killings going on amongst her people, particularly those who wished to stay in their pagan manners or to ally with the Eastern Christian Byzantine Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire) as well as enough reforms to look like any other western feudal state under a Christianization. Though what had not been expected by neither the people nor the country herself was that these reforms would lead to a stronger Hungary. One that could fight off the advances of the Germans as well as nomadic tribes, even surviving the Battle of Mohi against the Mongols. Even though this battle left Hungary battered and torn she came back once more, stronger than ever despite the battle wounds that were left upon her body. Though this battle left an impact upon her as well as her people as about a quarter of the population was killed.
However, Hungary bounced right back as the people took the time to fortify and to make sure they could beat back the Ottoman Turks threat that came to them. For this reason alone Hungary continued to grow stronger, up until the Renaissance era with the introduction of Hungary’s boss known as Matthias Corvinus who would later become her most beloved. During this time many changes began to happen once more, changes that would lead to the Hungarian army becoming one of the most powerful, enough so to capture parts of Austria which included Vienna. With the desires of her boss the army soon became strong enough to also lead towards taking down the Ottoman Turks, if such was wished.
However, this army was not to last as Hungary’s next boss came to power. The reason being that the magnates wanted someone they could control and that made the army and Hungary herself suffer from the actions. With this change came peasant rebellions which also lead to the central government dissolving and allowing the Ottoman Turks to come in and destroy their army at the Battle of Mohács. This lead to the Turks taking over parts of Hungary and leading to even more chaos within the land itself which came to have two monarchs, one of Hungarian decent and the other of Austrian decent. Despite this chaos this gave Hungary a chance to get closer to Austria, a move she was more than willing to make. The chaos continued and soon the lands were split into three parts, one ruled by the Turks, one by Hungary, and the other under Austrian control.
During the Thirty Year’s war things were switched around once more as after the fact the Christian forces took back some of Hungary’s lands and after the Treaty of Karlowitz all of Hungary’s lands were back to Hungarian control. Though afterward Royal Hungary (a section of country that was under Austrian control but still technically Hungary) encountered uprisings for equal religious tolerance which ended up in the Austrians crushing the movement and destroying several castles in the process.
Around 1820 a revival was made through Hungary, though the progress was slow due to the nobles of the time wishing to keep all their privileges. The important thing that came out of it was Hungarian being named the national language, leaving Hungary as to speaking the native language (though she kept her Latin as well, as a basis). However, trouble struck once more as the Emperors of the time refused to implement reforms, inciting a national revolution against them.
The revolutions continued on for some time, going between success and failure for the people of the country. The other force continually pushing them back being the Habsburgs (the Austrian rulers of Habsburg (Royal) Hungary), though eventually with enough help from other nationalities within Hungary they managed to pull up a Hungarian army to defeat the Austrian armies of the area. However this did not last long as Austria’s boss called in the help of Russia to come beat down the resistance, which was done with relative ease. This allowed for Austria to regain control again, going so far as to execute thirteen Hungarian leaders in the process. This ended up upsetting Hungary, though she kept her cool and watched to see as to how this would play-out.
The fighting had continued; not so much violent bloodshed as before but internal problems continued to plague the land until finally a solution was thought up. To appease both the Austrians and the Hungarians the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 was created; basically it created a dual-monarchy, one side being ruled by the Austrian Habsburg Empire and the other side by the Hungarians. For simplification of the two monarchies and to keep them from constantly feuding the two sides were controlled separately by two different parliaments. With this compromise Hungary grew in leaps and bounds economically as well as socially, allowing for far more growth and encouraging immigration as well. The effects of this being integration of different cultures onto Hungary herself, though this did make her grow stronger in power once more to be considered her old formidable self.