Luxury Budapest 2013 [antikvár]

](' lllMol<^ Highlights of Hungarian history ATTILA, THE HUN Attil.i u.i-^ 'I'»-' I'lst .iikI nioit powcrl'iil r.tn-IHTor oi" till' tiiropean Huns. In Western i iiluirc .Ulli [raduioii Attila is still knowti ,is ¦'till.' wlii|i ol" ( '«hI" whose naniL' lias hcciitm.-I'litvviiK'ci with barbarisiii and cria-lty. This iiionafi h. liDiti III 406 A.I)., ruled one of till- largest empires of his age [rem 434 tu his death. I lis empire stretched f rom Cen-tr.il Eiiropf to the Black Sea and from the I ).imibe to the Baltic Sea. He was a dreaded enemy of the |-.astern as well as the Western l^oiiian Empire. SAINT STEPHEN I, FOUNDER OFTHE HUNCARIAN STATE King (St.) Su-phen I. (originally called Vajk; appro.\. 975, Esztergom - 15''' August 103H, Székesfehérvár or Esztergom-Szentkirály) was the iirst Cliristiaii king ot" Hungary. I k- subdued the Hungarian tribes of the (^irpathian Uasin partly by forco and partly with peaceful mctliods, and suppressed the emerging riots. During his rule, he unified the Hungarian tribes and created a C:hristi.in Hungarian state expanding over the whole ot the Carpathian Basin. I lis laws were the first in the tlunisand-vcar history of Huiig-i''-ian legislation. He organised the Huiiga"^" (-linstian Church and early academic life i" I lungary is also attributable to liini. On 20' August e.u-h year, Mung.uians celebrate the eaiioni/ation of Saint Siephen I.