In 1786, the “kalapos király” (“King with a hat”) — an epithet acquired when, in the 1849 Declaration of Independence, the Hungarian National Assembly proclaimed that Joseph II was not a true King of Hungary because he was never coronated with the Crown of Saint Stephen— temporarily closed down the Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma. In his speech, Gergely Prőhle recalled the many facets of Joseph II’s ecclesiastical policy and its ideological background and presented the extraordinary artefact preserved in the bequest of Otto von Habsburg.
The Director of our Foundation’s address can be read below.
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Photos by Balázs Csapó (Kisalföld)
