Vilmos Fraknói's Heritage in Rome. The Hungarian Historical Research in the Vatican

Péter Tusor

Péter Tusor, Vilmos Fraknói's Heritage in Rome. The Hungarian Historical Research in the Vatican, (Storia d’Ungheria 1) Viterbo: Sette Citta 2024.

The volume presents Hungarian historical research in the Vatican and various collections in Rome and Italy. e monograph describes, point by point, the di erent periods of research history, from the Baroque to the positivist period, up to the end of the 20th century, with a view to the 21st century. Its main source material can be found in the manuscript collection of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest). is historiography diagnoses the signi cant problems of the Hungarian academic presence in Rome in relation to other Western European projects and institutions. e narrative focuses on the elected Bishop and Abbot-Canon Vilmos Fraknói, Secretary General of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and his heritage, who died a hundred years ago in 1924.