Études sur la Région Méditerranéenne

Relations of King Władysław Jagiełło of Poland with the Latin Kingdom of Cyprus in the Early 1430s

Łukasz Burkiewicz — 2023-07-28

The article is devoted to a relatively unknown Polish-Cypriot episode in the late medieval period, which was unusual for the realities of 15th century Europe. In 1426, Cyprus was conquered by the Egyptian-Syrian Mamluk Sultanate, and the island’s ruler himself, Janus of Lusignan, was taken captive by the Muslims. After regaining his freedom, the Cypriot king attempted to acquire aid in the Christian world to throw off Muslim supremacy. One such attempt was the expedition of a Cypriot envoy to Poland in 1432. The proposal made by the Cypriots on that occasion was for the marriage of the heir to the island’s throne with Hedwig, the daughter of Poland’s King Władysław Jagiełło, and also included a request for a loan in exchange for the Polish side’s almost practical assumption of control over Cyprus.

Il conflitto tra Venezia e l’Impero per il possesso della Terraferma e della “Patria del Friuli” (1411-1431)

Gizella Nemeth — 2023-07-28

Foreign policy of Elizabeth I

Renáta Pásztor — 2023-07-28

This study examines the foreign policy activities of Elizabeth I (1741–1761) and their implications for the Russian Empire. Despite being one of the least researched topics in historiography, Elizabeth I’s foreign policy holds significant importance, particularly in the context of the Russian Empire. Elizabeth’s foreign policy exhibited several key features and orientations. She pursued the doctrine of Peter the Great, specifically in securing and expanding Russian control over Baltic territories. The Empress’s foreign policy was influenced by her advisers, Jean Armand de Lestocq and Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, and was characterized by a German orientation, primarily supporting Austria. Elizabeth actively participated in political coordination. In addition, the study explores the Empress’s role in the election of the Holy Roman Emperor and her efforts to maintain friendly relations with Prussia and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession, as well as Russia’s participation in the Seven Years’ War.

Lire l’Afrique du Nord ?

Dorottya Mihályi — 2023-07-28

L’étude des récits de voyage sur l’Afrique du Nord à la fin du XIXe siècle constitue un champ inexploité des recherches du genre viatique en Hongrie. Le dépouillement complet des textes n’a pas encore été effectué. Par conséquent, nous ne connaissons ni le nombre approximatif des récits de voyage, ni leurs caractéristiques. Or, le regroupement et le placement des textes avec d’autres récits de voyage publiés dans la même période pourrait servir des nouveautés dans les recherches et expliquer des phénomènes jusqu’à nos jours inconnus ou peu étudiés. Dans le présent article, nous tentons d’étudier les récits de voyage écrits sur l’Afrique du Nord, notamment l’Algérie et la Tunisie coloniales, dans la période allant de 1881 à 1914. Notre objectif est de révéler les principales caractéristiques de ces textes, avec une attention particulière sur le contexte historique et social dans lequel ils ont été rédigés. Étant donné que le cadre de la présente étude ne permet pas de présenter les textes en tous les détails, nous nous contentons d’énumérer leurs principaux attributs afin de pouvoir initier le lecteur à la représentation de l’Afrique du Nord dans la période et de montrer quelques directions des recherches.

Implications of the 1920 Trianon Peace Treaty for Egypt and its Consequences on Bilateral Relations with Hungary

Zoltán Prantner — 2023-07-28

Based on the press, archival, and online materials we have researched so far, it can be concluded that Egyptians were already deeply involved in the events, news, analysis and commentary of the Paris Peace Conference since 1919. This special interest was also evident in the Trianon Peace Treaty. Egyptian writers have expressed sharply critical views on the unjust peace dictate in newspaper articles and analysis dumps from its signing to the present day. In this paper, we will first provide a brief insight into Austro-Hungarian-Egyptian relations prior to the World War I, and then explain the circumstances of the conclusion and signing of the Treaty on Trianon. We also discuss the peace negotiations and the contemporary and current Egyptian echoes of the signed peace treaty. We will also discuss the consequences of the Trianon Peace Treaty for relations between the two countries, and what links the Arab media have suggested between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s statements and the peace treaty of a century earlier.

Miklós Horthy Jr. and Egypt

Zoltán Prantner — 2023-07-28

There is no doubt, that Miklós Horthy Jr., the younger son of the Hungarian regent, had an indisputable role to play in boosting bilateral relations. Using his position in the Anglo- Hungarian Bank, he made six visits to Egypt, where he personally contributed to the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries. Here, we aim to portray the background, events and results of the official and unofficial visits of Miklós Horthy Jr. to Egypt, based mainly on the reports of the leading newspapers, as well as on the documents of the foreign affairs archives.

A proposito dell’assassinio di Carlo e Nello Rosselli

Alessandro Rosselli — 2023-07-28

In 2007, in one of his books, the Italian historian Mimmo Franzinelli have connected the assassination of the brothers Carlo and Nello Rosselli at Bagnoles-sur-l’Orne (France), on 9 June 1937, executed by some members of the Cagoule (a French fascist monarchist movement) and ordered by Benito Mussolini, with an article written by Carlo Rosselli and published in the weekly Giustizia e Libertà (Justice and Freedom) on the Italian soldiers take prisoners by the Spanish republican army in the battle of Guadalajara (8-18 March 1937) during the Spanish civil war. In this article, Carlo Rosselli unmasks the lies of the fascist propaganda who have told that all the Italian soldiers in Spain was volunteers when in reality they were all mercenaries. On this connection, Mimmo Framzinelli have reason, and the present article contents an analysis of the text written by Carlo Roselli and some considerations on the injustice on the Rosselli brothers’s killing committed by the Italian justice.

Les marginalisés sur les marges

Viktória Bába — 2023-07-28

The Spanish military participation in the French army during the Indochina War (1946– 1954) is relatively unknown, but the destiny of the Spanish participants stays even more in the dark. One of our purposes, in this paper, is to uncover these potholes in Franco-Spanish historiography, thus starting with the explanation of the background of the French presence in the Indochinese Federation. In order to understand the reason why Spanish volunteers served in the French Foreign Legion, we shall examine their situation during the first decades of the twentieth century, and more specifically, during the government of Francisco Franco. Thus, the main objective of our paper is to study, with the help of the French military platform, Mémoire des hommes, the Spanish republicans on the run from the fascist regime, who sacrificed their lives in faithful service to France during the Anti-French Resistance War.

Quelques considérations sur le 1er Novembre

Abdel‛Alim Medjaoui — 2023-07-28

De quoi le 5 juillet 1962 est-il le nom ?

Fouad Soufi — 2023-07-28

Une amitié ennemie ?

Péter Ákos Ferwagner — 2023-07-28