Agria 38. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2002)
Berecz Mátyás: Az egri vár történeti kutatása
ihr Kampf) im Zrinyi Militärverlag. Mit diesem Band fingen István Sugars intensive Forschungen bezüglich der Burg Eger an. Seit den 80er Jahrenhat sich durch das Organisieren von Konferenzen zum Thema Grenzfestungen eine erneute Möglichkeit zur gründlichen und ausführlichen Bearbeitung des Themas eröffnet. Mátyás Berecz Research on the History of Eger Castle The first official chronicle of the history of Eger Castle during the Turkish period was that written by Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos. During the course of the 16 th century the Hungarian historians Johannes Sambucus, Miklós Istvánffy and Ferenc Forgács wrote their accounts of the siege of Eger Castle based on Tinódi 's rhymed chronicles. In the period following the expulsion of the Turks the tumultuous events which took place in Eger were simply forgotten. It was only during the throes of romanticism which accompanied the awakening of the national spirit just prior to the Age of Reform that Eger's heroes were given a new lease of life. The studies published by László Gorove and József Teleki during the 1820s were the first in which attention returned to Eger's past. In 1877 Lieutenent János Balogh started his investigations into the military history of the castle. He summarised his findings in his book Egervár története (The History of Eger Castle). Despite undertaking his research alone, without financial support and without the benefit of anyone with whom he could share his ideas it was Balogh who provided the sources and the inspiration for Géza Gárdonyi's novel The Stars of Eger. Research into the castle went on hold until 1925. Although some studies were published in the period before the First World War they failed to yield any new findings. 1925, however, saw the opening of a completely new chapter in the historiography of Eger Castle. Grammar school teacher Vidor Pataki, turned his attention to the barely researched primarily sources available in libraries both at home and abroad. Pataki was unable to complete his archive research, but his 1934 study Egri vár élete (Life at Eger Castle) provide the starting point for subsequent research. On 17 th October, 1952, on the occasion of the 400 th anniversary of the defence of Eger Castle the Hungarian Historical Society organised a congress which succeeded in giving research into the castle a new lease of life. Using the results of work undertaken during the 1950s and 60s Imre Szántó's 1971 Eger vár védelme 283
