Enlightenment

Criminal Law Dogmatics in Hungarian Substantive Law and the Criminal Law Theory of Stephan Huszty

Švecová, Adriana

The developing science of criminal law in the Early Modern period in the Kingdom of Hungary, like elsewhere in Europe, produced few synthesizing works and manuals dedicated to the amendment of substantive and procedural criminal law of the time and its theoretical-dogmatic basis. All the while, Beccarian ideas of modernizing the science of criminal law resounded throughout Europe.

Images of the History of Ethnies in the Kingdom of Hungary in Educational Texts of the 18th Century

Kowalská, Eva

Emerging modern historiography was focused on the struggle against the stereotypical image of the Kingdom of Hungary which was perceived as a country of ignorance and neglected cultural life. In Protestant cultural circles the necessity to legitimize the identity of the members in the ambiance not supporting Protestantism occurred. Moreover, there was the need to prove the continuity of the previous cultural development as well.

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