Title: A Fine-Scale Longue Durée Investigation on Regional Inequalities in the Kingdom of Hungary (1330–1910)
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Abstract: Though the possibilities of comparative spatial analysis in historical research have significantly broadened, there are still several difficulties challenging longue durée investigations. These originate from the uneven availability of indicators of development for the different time horizons, which makes temporal comparisons difficult; the changing explanatory power of available indicators over time; the changing administrative boundaries; and the problems of data harmonization when the analysis involves many countries. In this study we demonstrate a possible solution to these problems using a municipal level database containing more than 12,000 territorial entities and over 100 variables for the historical Kingdom of Hungary tracing cores and peripheries for several time sections, namely the 1330s, 1786 and 1910. Besides illustrating the spatial and temporal shift of backward zones between 1330 and 1910, the Williamson-hypothesis on trends in inequalities was also tested in the investigation.
Authors: Gábor DEMETER – István PAPP – Beatrix F. ROMHÁNYI – Zsolt HORBULÁK – Péter FÖLDVÁRI – János PÉNZES
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17846/SHN.2025.29.2.302-334
Publication order reference:
Gábor Demeter (corresponding author) – ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities, Tóth Kalman str. 4, H-1097 Budapest, Hungary, mail: demeter.gabor@abtk.hu
István Papp – University of Debrecen, Faculty Science and Technology, Egyetem sq. 1., H-4031, Debrecen, Hungary, mail: istvan2992@gmail.com
Beatrix F. Romhányi – Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Institute of History, Department of Medieval History, Kálvin Square 9, H-1091 Budapest, Hungary, mail: t.romhanyi@gmail.com
Zsolt Horbulák – MCA – Collegium Professorum Hungarorum, Piliscsaba; Ludovika University of Public Service, Faculty of Governmental and International Studies, 2 Ludovika tér, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary, mail: zsolt.horbulak@makovecz-campus.hu
Péter Földvári – University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Business, Roetersstraat 11, 1018WB Amsterdam, Netherlands, mail:
János Pénzes – University of Debrecen, Faculty Science and Technology, Egyetem sq. 1., H-4031, Debrecen, Hungary, mail: penzes.janos@science.unideb.hu
Source: Studia Historica Nitriensia, year: 2025, vol.: 29, number: 2, pages: 302-334
Key words: Regional Inequalities; Peripheries; Longue Durée Comparison; hGIS+database; Kingdom of Hungary; 1330 – 1910;
- Language: ENGLISH
Funding:
- HAS RCH Lendület “Ten Generations” project (Gábor Demeter)
- the Bolyai János Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (János Pénzes)
- the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary K 145924 (Beatrix F. Romhányi)
- Project Overcoming Digital Divide in Europe and Southeast Asia “ODDEA” Project No. 101086381 Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01-1 (Zsolt Horbulák)