Hungarians
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Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an ethnic group native to Hungary, who share a common culture, language, history and ancestry. They also have a notable presence in former parts of the Kingdom o
Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Hungarian raids in the 9–10th century
Traditional Hungarian costumes from Jassic- Cuman area, 1822
Traditional clothing in Hungary, around late 18th century and early 19th century
Gesta Hungarorum
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Gesta Hungarorum, or The Deeds of the Hungarians, is the earliest Hungarian chronicle which has survived for posterity. It was written in Latin by an unidentified author who has traditionally been cal
First page of the manuscript written in Medieval Latin
The Gesta Hungarorum
An 11th-century copy of the Annals of Fulda—an important contemporaneous source of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin
Statue of Anonymus, the author of the Gesta Hungarorum in Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest. (Miklós Ligeti, 1903)