CÍMLAP
1000-1100 years ago...
CONTENTS, PREFACE
Contents
Árpád, Father of all the Hungarians. The Hungarian Conquest in 896
The conquest in 895-896
The Battle at Pressburg in 907
The Military and Political Background to the Battle
The Battle of Pressburg and the Hungarian military
The war of 907: a textbook example of early Hungarian warfare
The outcome on the Hungarian side
European Expeditions of Hungarian Army in Tenth Century
St Stephen
Wars of consolidation
German-Hungarian war
Preface
There are few European states which have been in existence and constantly
maintained their statehood for 1100 years.
Arriving in the lands around the Tisza and the Danube in 895-896, the
Magyars occupied the whole of the Carpathian Basin within a few years and
unified the smaller peoples who lived there. In 907, at the Battle of
Pressburg, they demonstrated to the whole of Europe their determination and
ability to defend their new homeland. After nearly a century of military
expeditions across Europe, the new country finalised its borders and
established its authority. Its rulers, and particularly the first king, St
Stephen, made Hungary into a respected force in Europe, the continent for
which it was to serve as a defensive shield over the next thousand years.
The House of Árpád, named after the prince who led the Hungarian Conquest,
became Europe's greatest dynasty, with no less than five saints of royal
blood: Stephen, Emeric, Ladislas, Elizabeth and Margaret.
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