Archival photos plot nearly every historic moment of Hungary throwing off the shackles of Soviet control 35 years ago. 1 A communist red star is removed from a factory in Budapest in 1989.

Last October, the city council replaced a statue in the castle courtyard of the Turul, a mythological bird that supposedly guided the medieval Hungarian migration from Central Asia, with the ...

A study of a remarkable medieval skeleton found in a well at a castle in Norway has helped to corroborate events detailed in an 800-year-old Norse saga. Michael Martin, one of the authors of the ...

The day was Aug. 29, 1526. Thousands of Hungarian troops marched to the border of Mohács where they met an army led by Sülejmán the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottoman Empire. An hour and a half ...

Most people in medieval society lived in villages, there were few large towns. The majority of people were peasants, who worked on the land. There were a range of jobs and trades in towns and ...

Some historical genomes belong to named individuals, including Ludwig van Beethoven, the family of the last Russian czar, ...

An aerial survey has revealed hundreds of medieval archaeological features thousands of feet above sea level along the famous Silk Road—a network of ancient trade routes that connected ...

The origin of Béla, name of four medieval Hungarian kings, is unclear. It’s possibly from a Hungarian word meaning “guts” or a Slavic one meaning “white.” Common for Hungarian boys for ...

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Hungary's interior minister Pintér Sándor tightened abortion rules, which will come into effect on 15 September Hungary's government has tightened its abortion rules, which will make the process ...

This call for papers includes all sponsored and special sessions approved by the Program Committee for the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies (held in a hybrid format May 8–10, 2025).