ISBN10: 9631311260, ISBN13: 9789631311266, [publisher: Corvina Kiado, Hungary] Hardcover Small format hardcover 19 x 13 x 2.5 cm, 364pp + 48 pages of glossy b&w plates, b&w maps and drawings in text, NOT ex-library. Translated by Helen Tarnoy. Owner's name at the top of front blank endpaper, pencil underlining in text on 18 pages. Interior is clean, untanned, free of stamps. Age-toned outer page edges (clean). Creases on spine, bumped lower spine end - creases showing also in lower inner corner of pages & inside the front board. Edgeworn dust jacket with creasing, short tears, scuffing. -- The origin and descent of the Hungarian people is probably one of the most obscure chapters in the history of all European ethnic groups. This nomadic race, described in various sources as Onogurs, Turks and by still other names, but calling themselves Magyars, crossed the Carpathians from the east in A.D. 895 and within a few years took possession of the entire Carpathian Basin as far as the Alps. They were not the first conquerors to arrive here from the east, since the Huns and Avars had been here before them; but they were the first to settle on a permanent footing, and a century later they created one of the region's strongest feudal states. The newcomers from the east managed to settle down amongst the European peoples in a relatively short space of time. Clearly this spectacular moment in history could not have occurred without certain antecedents. The p ...
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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1982]