Emma Bartoniek (28 November 1894 – 31 May 1957) was a Hungarian historian and bibliographer who specialised in
medieval history
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
, primarily the age of the
Árpád dynasty
The Árpád dynasty, consisted of the members of the royal House of Árpád (), also known as Árpáds ( hu, Árpádok, hr, Arpadovići). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the Kingd ...
(c. 895–1301).
Early life and education
Emma Bartoniek was born in
Budapest
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as the daughter of physician and educator Géza Bartoniek and Ilona Szumrák. Her brother Emil Bartoniek became a physician and instructor. He died fighting in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
Bartoniek got a Master of Arts degree at
Budapest University in 1917.
Career
Between 1916-1934 Emma Bartoniek was an apprentice and librarian at the
National Széchényi Library
The National Széchényi Library ( hu, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár) (OSZK) is a library in Budapest, Hungary, located in Buda Castle. It is one of two Hungarian national libraries, the other being University of Debrecen Library.
History
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, meanwhile she was also the guest researcher of the Hungarian Historical Institute at
Vienna
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between 1925-1926.
After her apprenticeship, she was the manager of the Library's manuscripts collection from 1934. She was dismissed from her job in 1945. Bartoniek was the committee member of the
Hungarian Historical Society from 1933 and the Hungarian Armorial and Genealogical Association from 1935.
Emma Bartoniek worked on the history of royal coronations between 895 and 907, examined the problems of the 10-13th century Hungarian succession. Her ascertainments about the first Hungarian laws and legends from the age of Árpád are particularly valuable. Bartoniek published the catalogue of the National Széchényi Library's Latin codices. Her work about the Hungarian historiography remained in manuscript form.
Main works
* Codices manuscripti latini. Vol. 1. Codices latini medii aevi. Bp., 1940.
* Fejezetek a XVI–XVII. századi magyarországi történetírás történetéből. Bp., 1975.
* A koronázási eskü fejlődése 1526-ig. Századok, 1917.
* A magyar királyválasztáshoz. Századok, 1923.
* Az Árpádok trónöröklési joga. Századok, 1926. (1934.)
* A magyar királykoronázások története. Bp., 1939.
Literature
* Csapodi Csaba: Bartoniek Emma. Magyar Könyvszemle, 1957.
* Mezey László: Bartoniek Emma. Századok, 1958.
* Szilágyi Ágnes Judit: Érdekes személyiségek, emlékezetes viták a magyar történetírásban, 27 történészportré, Budapest, Palatinus, 2007. 95-100. p.
References
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1894 births
1957 deaths
Writers from Budapest
Budapest University alumni
Hungarian women historians
20th-century Hungarian historians