Henrik Marczali’s views on World War I based on his provincial military speeches, war writings and the press (1914–1918)

Abstract

The wartime participation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s intellectuals was a largely unknown research field up until about the centenary of World War I. Historians only in past few years started to look into the views on the ongoing war of thinkers such as Albert Berzeviczy, Zsolt Beöthy, Hugó Ignotus, Bernát Alexander and their contemporaries. This study wishes to further contribute to the elimination of this lack of information by outlining one of Hungary’s most renowned historian’s, Henrik Marczali’s views on the war. It also maps out and demonstrates in detail the lectures he presented around the country, in Miskolc, Arad, and Baja, as well as their local and countrywide reception.