Historical Studies on Central Europe 2022 Vol. 2
Content No. 1
Research Articles
Forest in Central Europe András Vadas
For the Benefit of Generations to Come or for the Sake of Survival?
Measures for Protecting Forests in Early Modern Hungary 4 Robert Skenderović
Descriptions of the Forests of Slavonia in Travelogues of the Early Modern Age 27 Bernhard A. Reismann
Styrian Forests as a Basis of Mining Industry during the Middle Ages
and Early Modern Times 45
Nobility in Action II Olga Khavanova
Count Ludwig von Zinzendorf’s Diplomatic Mission to Saint Petersburg in 1755 69 György Kurucz
Enlightenment, Modernization, Professional Training: Count György Festetics’s Role in Establishing Agricultural Higher Education in Hungary
at the End of the Eighteenth Century 92
Theatre as International Enterprise Raluca Muresan
Constructing a Periphery: Descriptions of Hungarian, Transylvanian, and Croatian Towns in Theatre Periodicals
in the Holy Roman Empire, 1760–1800 121
Michal Ščepán
The Role of the Director and His Impact on the Dramaturgy
of the Slovak National Theatre in the Interwar Period 144
Gyöngyi Heltai
An American Investor in the Theatre Industry of Budapest:
Ben Blumenthal (1883–1967): A Personal and Professional Biography 162 Dániel Molnár
Entertainment on the Ruins of Berlin: The Spadoni Agency
and the Palast Varieté, 1945–1947 190
Vojtěch Frank
Musical Theatre as an Object of Transnational Political Exchange:
The Case of Isaac Dunayevsky’s Operettas in Czechoslovakia 219
Current Research
Gábor EgryA Comparative History of Local Resilience? On the ERC Consolidator Grant Project ‘Negotiating Post-Imperial Transitions: from Remobilization
to Nation-State Consolidation. (Nepostrans)’ 237
Book Reviews
Adrien BlayByzantinische Goldschmiedearbeiten im Römisch-Germanischen
Zentralmuseum. By Mechthild Schulze-Dörrlamm 247
Béla Zsolt Szakács
“Fénylik a mű nemesen.” Válogatott írások a középkori művészet történetéről.
By Ernő Marosi 251
Attila Bárány
Crown and Coronation in Hungary 1000–1916 A.D.
By János M. Bak and Géza Pálffy 257
Eszter Konrád
Szentkultusz és személynévadás Magyarországon. By Mariann Slíz 266 Zoltán Ujj
Egy elfeledett magyar királyi dinasztia: a Szapolyaiak.
Edited by Pál Fodor and Szabolcs Varga 269
Dóra Baráth
Eagles Looking East and West – Dynasty, Ritual and Representation in Habsburg Hungary and Spain. Edited by Tibor Martí and Roberto Quirós Rosado 273 Zsolt Kökényesi
Aufklärung habsburgisch. Staatsbildung, Wissenskultur und Geschichtspolitik in Zentraleuropa, 1750–1850. By Franz Leander Fillafer 277 Janka Kovács
Hungarian Psychiatry, Society and Politics in the Long Nineteenth Century.
By Emese Lafferton 281
John R. Lampe
The Habsburg Empire: A New History. By Pieter M. Judson.
The Rise of Comparative History: Perspectives on Transnational History in East Central Europe and Beyond. A Reader. Edited by Balázs Trencsényi,
Constantin Iordachi, and Péter Apor 290
Mária Hidvégi
The Hungarian Agricultural Miracle? Sovietization and Americanization
in a Communist Country. By Zsuzsanna Varga 304