Emperor Francis Joseph, King of the Hungarians

by Gero, Andras

• ISBN13: 9780880334648
• ISBN10: 0880334649
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

This book examines the evolution of relations between the Habsburg ruler of Hungary and his subjects from the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1849 to the Compromise of 1867 and on to World War I. The book explains the evolution of Francis Joseph's attitude toward the Hungarians whose public adulation of their king camouflaged a historical condition of enmity that never disappeared.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
On the Way to the Royal Hungarian Throne: The First 37 years	1	(138)
A Well-Brought-Up Young Man Who Might Even Become Heir to the Throne	5	(14)
A Royal Archduke Attired in the Hungarian Tricolor	19	(10)
An Amateur Actor amidst the Turmoil of 1848	29	(14)
The Young Hero of the Battlefield and a Birthday Present	43	(14)
The Anointed Murderer	57	(10)
The Tyrant	67	(18)
Edward and the Welsh	85	(14)
The Compromise of an Autocrat	99	(16)
``The Empress is Learning Hungarian''	115	(6)
Five Minutes Past Midnight	121	(18)
On the Hungarian Royal Throne: The Last 49 Years	139	(94)
The Limits on Freedom of Speech	145	(6)
Matyas Hunyadi, the Heroic Lion	151	(8)
Why Tell Lies?	159	(10)
The Great Hungarian Split Consciousness and the Lammergeyer	169	(12)
An Even Greater Split in Hungarian Consciousness and the Naked King	181	(12)
The Non-Existent ``Magic Spell'': the King's Personality	193	(18)
Our Father Kossuth, Prince Rezso, ``Ferenc Joska'' and Elizabeth of Bavaria	211	(14)
``Francis Joseph Has Sent Word...''	225	(8)
Epilogue	233	(2)
Bibliography	235	(8)
Index	243