HUNGARY (in Hebrew literature, [see Hagar]; ): - Earliest
References. - Eleventh Century. - Golden Bull. - Thirteenth
Century. - Expulsion and Recall. - Sixteenth Century. - Under
the Turks. - Blood Accusation at Bösing. - Expelled from
Presburg. - Seventeenth Century. - Revolt of the Kuruczes. -
Eighteenth Century. - Expelled from Mining-Towns. - Statistics
in 1735. - Under Maria Theresa. - Under Joseph II. - Tolerance
Edict. - Reception of the Petition. - Law "De Judæis." -
Emancipation Debates. - Magyarization of the Jews. - Abolition
of Toleration-Tax. - Appeal of Baron Eötvös. - Jews in the
Hungarian Army, 1848. - Reform and Emancipation. - Reform
Society Founded. - Emancipation Movement Revived. Kingdom in
central Europe, forming part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
It is not definitely known when Jews first settled in Hungary.
According to legend, King Decebalus of Dacia permitted the Jews
who aided him in his war against Rome to settle in his
territory. A Latin inscription, the epitaph of Septima Ma