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Article: Hungary
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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HUNGARY
HUNGARY.
Hungary's history from 1450 through 1790 can be divided into three periods. The century from 1450 was the last phase of the independent Hungarian Kingdom, whose major political concern was the Ottoman advance. Hungary lost her long struggle at the battle of
Moh
á
cs in 1526 and was divided into three parts by the mid-sixteenth century. The second period (1541
–
1699) is often labeled as the era of the tripartite division of the country. Royal Hungary in the west was under Habsburg rule and Ottoman Hungary in the middle was ruled, at least partly, from Constantinople (Istanbul), whereas the Principality of Transylvania in the east, although an Ottoman satellite ...
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