ROMANIAN ATTITUDES AND STEREOTYPES TOWARDS HUNGARIANS DURING THE 1848 REVOLUTION
ROMANIAN ATTITUDES AND STEREOTYPES TOWARDS HUNGARIANS DURING THE 1848 REVOLUTION

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the Romanian political attitudes towards the Hungarians during the 1848 Revolution. The main sources used are the political statements of the revolutionaries, selected from political manifestos, historical works, letters or press articles. Their analysis highlights Romanian symbols, stereotypes and ideological positions, in relation to the Hungarian revolution. The conflicting nature of the relations between the Romanians and the Hungarians, and the fact that this situation was interiorised precisely when modern national solidarities were gaining shape meant that their images of the other would become a stock ingredient of the two peoples’ political mythologies. The image of the age-old enemy, who had for centuries been their opponent, was to serve as the cornerstone of national identity both for the Romanians and for the Hungarians.

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