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A selection of our freshly acquired foreign titles – Political Science

The Library of Parliament places strong emphasis on the acquisition of timely and relevant foreign resources related to its main scope of collection, that is law, political science, history, international organizations and foreign parliaments. Below you may find a few summaries of books selected from this year's new arrivals in the field of political science.

Published on - 2021-01-13 03:20:00
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Brand new functions gone live within online library catalogue

In our latest article we try and offer some help with your search in our catalogue by exploiting some of the freshly implemented features of Primo discovery service.

Published on - 2021-01-12 03:06:00
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Works of renowned legal scholar now freely available online

From this year internationally acclaimed legal scholar, Gyula Moór's works are available online on Gateway to Hungarian Law, that is our digital collection of legal literature. On this occasion we offer a short overview of Gyula Moór's life and times that made him one of the most defining figures of legal philosophy.

Published on - 2021-01-07 03:33:00
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Sámuel Tessedik, evangelical pastor, teacher, agricultural reformer and publicist died 200 years ago

Sámuel Tessedik (1742-1820) – though of Slovak descent – had become one of the most remarkable figures of the Hungarian enlightenment, whose work was equally influenced by Rousseau's philosophy, the rationalism of the enlightenment and the practical religiousness of pietism.

Published on - 2020-12-28 10:09:00
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Trianon 100 – How Trianon transformed the religous composition of Hungary

Since the Ottoman occupation of Hungary and the age of reformation, Hungary has been considered a heterogeneous territory as far as religious denominations are concerned. As religious composition of Central and Eastern European countries' population deeply interconnected with their ethnic composition, it is quite plausible that the Trianon Treaty fundamentally changed Hungary's religious composition: from a religious point of view, the country became more homogeneous and the prevalence of denominations related to Hungarians suddenly increased significantly.

Published on - 2020-12-10 02:20:00
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A selection of our freshly acquired foreign titles-law

Published on - 2020-12-10 01:51:00
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