From the Feudal Monarchy to the Liberal Monarchy, 1830-1867. The Hungarian Nobility: resistance of the noble estates, liberal radicalism, moderate reformism

Abstract

The study presents the role of the hungaian nobility during the process of the liberal changes in the XIXth century. We can get a view about the special and heterogeneous composition of the nobel class and their aims of modest or radical modernization of the hungarian state. The author distinguishes three diferent temporary terms between 1830-1867 and highlights the importance of the subject in terms of a noble comitat affiliation with, the territorial integrity of Hungary and the country’s position within the Habsburg Empire.