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  • History of Offices - History of Careers: Studies in Modern History
    Vol. 6 (2023)

    The studies in the 6th issue of Pontes published in 2023 deal with the history of office and careers in the modern era, mainly in the 18th and the first half of the 19th century. The authors deal with certain issues of the modernisation of the Hungarian counties, town administration, and the administration of large estates, but also focus on the educational and promotion strategies of the count branch of Family Batthyány, the career paths and the network of contacts of Prince Albert of Saxony-Teschen during his regency. There is also a study on the Catholic priestly office and the normative expectations associated with it, as well as research on the officeeholders of Baranya and Somogy counties. In the Publications section, we read about the methodological possibilities of linking nominal sources, the demographic characteristics of Hungarian denominations in the early 20th century and the state of the German communities of Völgység in the early 1920s.

  • Law - Right - Society
    Vol. 5 (2022)

    The theme of the fifth volume of Pontes once again reflects a jubilee. The organizing principle of the essays selected for the issue is the 800th anniversary of the publication of the Hungarian Golden Bull in 1222, and the concepts of law, justice and society are the main themes. Although our primary aim was not to provide a thorough analysis of the decree, which played a prominent role in Hungarian history, the programme's main focus is on a particularly interesting aspect of the issue, the incorporation of the Golden Bull into historical mythology, as described in detail by Attila Zsoldos, the most knowledgeable expert on the subject. The articles in the volume represent primarily - but not exclusively - the results of the research of colleagues working at the Institute of History of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Pécs, and in some cases their personal opinions, since one of the missions of our annual is to present local research results on a broad scale. Accordingly, the papers provide an insight into legal and social history research from the 4th century BC to the present days.

  • From Zakarpatska to Britain. Studies in Medieval and Early Modern History
    Vol. 4 (2021)

    The fourth issue of Pontes published in 2021 focuses on the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, as the title of the volume suggests, with studies taking the reader from thirteenth century Zakarpatska to seventeenth and eighteenth-century Britain. The current issue thus covers a broad spectrum, both chronologically and thematically, and its primary aim is to present the diversity of research at the Department of Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Pécs. The volume also includes Hungarian translations of important papers by two Western European historians, Claudia Zey and Pierre Jugie, as well as additional studies of Hungarian researchers.

  • Border - Alteration - Transition
    Vol. 3 (2020)

    The theme of the third volume of Pontesis linked to the 2020 anniversary of the treaty of Trianon after world war I in 1920. the organizing principle of the essays selected for the Yearbook is the question of the characteristics and effects of border changes. Our aim is not primarily to trace the history of the Trianon border demarcations - although two authors reflect on this topic in particular - but to examine the question of borders in general across historical periods, from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. The papers in the volume are primarily the results of research by colleagues at the Institute of History of the University of Pécs, as the mission of our Yearbook is to present the results of local research in a broad sense.

  • Studies in Ancient History and Archaeology
    Vol. 2 (2019)

    Our second issue, the first one with a chronological framework was published in 2019, and it offers a peak into the researches of certain departments of the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities University of Pécs. The studies were written by the colleagues of the Department of Ancient History and the Department of Archaeology, so they are representing the diversity of the activities of those Departments and their colleagues. The specificities of the subjects are the reason why a new subsection is introduced: that of the excavation-reports. The interview of the issue fits into the profile of the two related Departments, it covers the topic of the world heritage with Professor Zsolt Visy. The entire Institute is touched upon as well, the reader can find the summaries of the PhD-Theses defended in our Doctoral School in the academic year of 2019-20. So are the introductions of the research groups positioned within the Institute, alongside with a handful of book reviews on works published in our institution.

  • Religion – Secularization – Transformation
    Vol. 1 (2018)

    The articles in the first, thematic issue of Pontes are organised around the keywords religion - secularisation - transformation. The thematic introduction is based on a translation of a paper by José Casanova on community religions and secularisation, followed by reflections on the call words by the Institute's staff. In addition, you can read about the permanent research groups at the Institute of History of the Pécs University of Applied Sciences, book reviews of some of the volumes published by the Institute's researchers in recent years and an interview about the Pécs History Workshop.