Enikő Csukovits’s new monograph, published by Indiana University Press, explores the history of the Hungarian Angevins and the dynasty’s Central European and Italian connections.
Titled The Angevins in Hungary 1301–1395, the book appears in the publisher’s Studies in Hungarian History series. It was translated into English by David Robert Evans.
The monograph traces the reigns of three generations of the Angevin dynasty: Charles I (Charles Robert) of Hungary, his son Louis I, and Louis’s daughters, Mary, Queen of Hungary, and Hedvig, Queen of Poland. Going beyond the history of the Angevin dynasty in Hungary, the author also examines the Kingdom of Hungary’s connections with the dynasty’s Italian possessions, the Kingdom of Naples, and the Kingdom of Poland.
The book focuses on the place of the Kingdom of Hungary within the Angevin dynasty’s extensive European network of power. It explores the changing relationship between the Italian and Hungarian branches of the dynasty, the Hungarian Angevins’ rule over Poland, and the role of Angevin Hungary as a regional power in the fourteenth century.
Through a comparative examination of the various Angevin territories, the monograph offers a new perspective on the functioning of the dynasty. It highlights the political, dynastic, and institutional connections linking these kingdoms and provinces, while revealing both the similarities and the differences between their systems of governance.
The volume is part of the Studies in Hungarian History series, which publishes significant works of scholarship on Hungarian history for an international audience. The series is edited by László Borhi, Research Professor at the Institute of History, ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities, and Professor at Indiana University.
The book has been warmly received by the international scholarly community. According to one reviewer, it fills an important gap in English-language scholarship by providing a comprehensive account of the fourteenth-century Angevin dynasty and makes a significant contribution to international research on Angevin history.
