href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@50038@[email protected]#Page_36" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">36—Invasion of Hungary, 37—Defeat of Svatopluk, 39.

The Reign of the Dukes

Árpád the first duke, 42—Defeat of King Berengar, 44—Battle of Presburg, 45—Battle of Merseburg, 47—Melancholy Magyars, 49—Duke Geyza, 51.

The Conversion to Christianity

Shamanism, 53—Missionaries, 55—Baptism of Stephen, 58—Discontent, 59—Rigorous laws, 61—Changes in manners and customs, 63.

St. Stephen, the First King of Hungary

St. Stephen’s Day, 66—Influence of religious ideas, 69—Character of Stephen, 71—Embassy to Rome, 74—St. Stephen’s crown, 75—Papal bull, 77—Christian church the corner-stone, 79—Cathedral of Stuhlweissenburg, 81—Increase of royal authority, 83—Revenues, 85—Prosperity of the country, 87—Attack of Conrad, 89—Stephen’s advice to his son, 91—Stephen canonized, 96.

The Kings of the House of Árpád

Wealth of the Árpáds, 98—Charter of the Golden Bull, 99—Vatha, 102—Envoys of Henry III., 103—The brothers’ feud, 105—Power of paganism broken, 107—Battle of Mogyoród, 109—Increase of population, 111—Religious movement in Europe,