BOOK REVIEW: „LOOK UPON US, LOOK, FREEDOM” CONFERENCE VOLUME OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES HELD IN TÂRGU MUREȘ ON THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1848–49 REVOLUTION AND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE ED. ZSOLT-JÓZSEF TAMÁSI. TÂRGU MUREȘ, 2025. 326P
BOOK REVIEW: „LOOK UPON US, LOOK, FREEDOM” CONFERENCE VOLUME OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES HELD IN TÂRGU MUREȘ ON THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1848–49 REVOLUTION AND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE ED. ZSOLT-JÓZSEF TAMÁSI. TÂRGU MUREȘ, 2025. 326P

Summary/Abstract: The memory of the 1848–1849 Revolution and War of Independence remain one of the most intensively researched fields in Hungarian and Transylvanian historiography. Among the commemorative volumes published on the 175th anniversary, however, the book entitled “Tekints reánk, tekints, szabadság”, edited by Zsolt-József Tamási, clearly stands out. The publication contains the edited proceedings of two international academic conferences held in Târgu Mureș. The volume brings together sixteen studies by ten authors, including the editor himself, who contributed two independent papers in addition to the foreword. Although the studies are presented sequentially in the book, from a reviewer’s perspective it is particularly instructive to examine the material by grouping it into three distinct thematic categories. This analytical framework effectively follows the internal logic of the volume, guiding the reader from microhistorical military events through ecclesiastical dimensions and individual destinies to the complex questions of collective memory. The studies are methodologically sound and written in a clear, readable style that avoids unnecessarily dense academic jargon. As a result, the volume is accessible and engaging both for professional historians and for a broader readership.

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