Abstract
This paper gives an overview of the political career of László Teleki, the leading diplomat of the Hungarian war of independence. Based on the topics discussed in this volume, his efforts as a writer of literature will also be mentioned here, though his theatrical pieces met just modest popular acclaim. Teleki joined politics, and became a well-known and successful politician in support of reformists. Later, before the war with Austria, he was appointed to act as the ambassador of the independent Hungarian government to Paris. He had a key role in shaping Hungarian foreign policy, wanted to secure the independence of the country both during the war of independence and in emigration. This paper focuses on this latter period, when his correspondence clearly reflected his political commitment and approach, as well as changes in his personal relations.
Highlights
This paper gives an overview of the political career of László Teleki, the leading diplomat of the Hungarian war of independence
This paper makes an attempt to answer the question why the educated and clever Count László Teleki (1811-1861), who had been born into an aristocratic family, turned active in public life, and become a popular politician and socialite during the Hungarian Reform Age, folded up his political relationships in emigration until he found himself in solitude
In an overview of his political career, those key events will be in the focus that increasingly made him lose hope, and changed his political habitude
Summary
This paper gives an overview of the political career of László Teleki, the leading diplomat of the Hungarian war of independence. Teleki informed the Hungarian Government in relation to his proposal for alliances and confederation in his letters, while he considerably revised his position with respect to the rights to be granted to nationalities in Hungary.
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