The Holy Crown and the Hungarian Estates. Constructing. Early Modern Identity in the Kingdom of Hungary
The Holy Crown and the Hungarian Estates. Constructing. Early Modern Identity in the Kingdom of Hungary

Summary/Abstract: This article offers a review and critique of Kees Teszelszky’s book, The Holy Crown and the Hungarian Estates: Constructing Early Modern Identity in the Kingdom of Hungary. It proposes that the book is characterized by unclear conceptual and historical frameworks, a fragmented and disproportionate structure, questionable sources, and missing contexts. It concludes that it remains an open question what identity (if any) the crown myth actually represented in early modern Hungary, and whether it might not be the case that we are simply talking about competing political representations, associated with, and embodied by, the crown.

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