The Holy Crown of Hungary

The Holy Crown of Hungary "The upper half was presented by Pope Sylvester II. to Szent István (St. Stephen), first King of Hungary, in the year 1000 A. D., in recognition of his efforts to bring Hungary with in the pale of Western Christendom. The lower half, presented to Géza I., King of Hungary, by Michael Dukas, Emperor of Byzantiu msymbolises the recognition by the East of the cultural endeavours of Hungary. The Holy Crown of Hungary has at all times been regarded by the Hungarian nation as the holder of the supreme power of the State. It was the Holy Crown of Hungary that for a thousand years united the countries of the Crown of St. Stephen and welded then in to a single unit; and the Treaty of Trianon is powerless to tear those countries a sunder or drive them in to unnatural unions. It was in the conception symbolised by the Holy Crown of Hungary that the Hungarian people lived, and flourished for a thousand years; and it is this conception that permeates the whole Hungarian culture whose treasures are here presented tho the reader. ...
"(Forrás: https://mek.oszk.hu/20400/20410/20410.pdf)