The development of the Medieval and Early Modern History Department

Abstract

Among the forerunners of our department one should mention the Institute of Hungarian History and the Institute of Hungarian Cultural History in the Faculty of Arts inside the Ferenc József Royal Hungarian University (moved to Szeged from Kolozsvár in 1921, today Cluj Napoca in Romania). These two institutes were merged into one in 1940 inside the Miklós Horthy University (called from 1946 University of Szeged and from 1963 Attila József University). The Institute of Hungarian History were divided into two departments in 1964: Medieval Hungarian History Department and Modern Hungarian History Department. The former department later in 1989 got its current name. Its members research and teach medieval Hungarian history (prehistory, the Arpadian and Angevin/Anjou age etc.) and early modern Hungarian history (16–18th centuries). The study treats the research fields and studies of the members of the department and its forerunners as well.