num_pages: 68
description: The story of the military flags of Hungary drawn in this book by the Kossuth-prize winning author represents the history of Hungary from 800 A.D. until today in an exclusive way; it displays three distinct eras to us: - the era of the ancient Hungarian flags (800-1000) extending from the depiction of the Turul totem animal on the main standard of the Attila clans, to the red and silver striped coats of arms of the ruling Árpád-dynasty, then - the period of the Kingdom of Hungary (1000-1800) with its Christian symbolism. The main flag motives of this era: the red-silver Árpád stripes, the apostolic double cross on top of a green triple mound over a red background and the figure of Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Hungarians. - finally, the end of the 18th century, when our three-colour banner, the Hungarian national tricolour was born, using the red, silver and green colours of the national coat of arms. Its variants mean the Hungarian flag; the state flag if decorated with the coat of arms, national flag without the coat of arms and a military flag with the colours placed in a wolf tooth pattern. The work created with an original approach and an artistic view, unfolds the Hungarian history in its entirety from the aspect of symbolism and vexilogy, published as the latest member of the book series Waging War for a Thousand Years. Historian and graphic artist Győző Somogyi (1942) has spent decades researching Hungarian military history and painting accurate illustrations. He is an experimental archaeologist and an active hussar re-enactor so he has personally tested many of the clothing and equipment presented in the series. More than a dozen of his full colour albums have already been published in Hungarian and German.
language: English
title: Hungarian Military Flags - Magyar hadizászlók
publisher: HM Zrínyi Nonprofit Kft