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frontline of  ghting against the common enemy, both through traditional and

modern channels such as printed newspapers and illustrated newsletters.  e lay

and clerical centres of the Holy Roman Empire also actively participated in the

propaganda about of the role of the Empire in the  ght against the Ottomans.

Parallel to this, the increasingly powerful public in the Empire was informed in

detail about the economic, political and cultural assets, natural characteristics and

resources of the territory at stake. Although the illustrated newsletters reporting

on military operations, as well as printed pamphlets and weeklies, retained the

topoi about the country’s treasures and customs, they were beginning to report

about the political, military and cultural elite of the Kingdom of Hungary, the

relations between the ruler and the Estates, the courts of higher nobility, towns of

political and economic consequence, and the military signi cance of castles and

fortresses, in an increasingly complex and informed manner.

In the illustrated reportage of newsletters, the strategic position of cas-

tles was depicted by layouts, siege plans and maps prepared by military engi-

neers, and they also contained recognisable and authentic portraits of nobles

and major military commanders. Itwas in the publishers’ business interest to

present amore intricate image of the castles and towns in the focus of attention

in agrowing number of genres providing valuable and captivating background

information, such as calendars, historical treatises, chronicles, travel accounts,

fairground pamphlets, and biannual diaries. Recognising the significance of

printed press, Early Modern intelligentsia considered it important to interpret

and organise the voluminous  ow of information in hindsight; parallel to per-

petuating earlier traditions, they also integrated new information into histori-

cal and geographical works. Under the spell of the new theory of the state, the

reconquered territories in the war against the Ottomans were mapped, and the

resources and opportunities of the Kingdom of Hungary assessed, in order to

serve the best interests of the e cient running of the state.

Seidler, Andrea: A eatre Director on Business Trip:

 e Eighteenth-Century Description of Hungary

by Christoph Seipp

The paper deals with eighteenth-century travelogues written either by

Hungarians travelling to western parts of Europe, or by foreigners visiting the

Kingdom of Hungary in the second part of the century.  e main focus, how-

ever, lies on the works of Christoph Seipp, alias Johann Lehmann, born in

Worms. Seipp at that time worked at the theater in Preßburg – he was the direc-

tor of the institution – and undertook at least two travels to Upper Hungary

and the Zips as well as to Moldavia and Silesia. Seipp published two volumes

(in 1785 and 1793) on his travels that can be approached in manifold ways.  e

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