Emma Bartoniek (28 November 1894 – 31 May 1957) was a Hungarian historian and bibliographer who specialised in

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, primarily the age of the

Árpád dynasty The Árpád dynasty consisted of the members of the royal House of Árpád (), also known as Árpáds (, ). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 130 ...

(c. 895–1301).

Early life and education

Emma Bartoniek was born in

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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

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. Bartoniek got a Master of Arts degree at Budapest University in 1917.

Career

Between 1916 and 1934 Emma Bartoniek was an apprentice and librarian at the

National Széchényi Library The National Széchényi Library (, ) (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 The library was founded in 1802 by th ...

, meanwhile she was also the guest researcher of the Hungarian Historical Institute at

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between 1925 and 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartoniek, Emma 1894 births 1957 deaths Writers from Budapest Budapest University alumni Hungarian women historians 20th-century Hungarian historians