The Argonauts of Vienna

The party of Hungarian leaders arrived in Vienna on the afternoon of March 15, either just before or just after the emperor's declaration promising Vienna a constitution was announced. All that was required from the emperor was his signature, and included now for the first time was the name of the man who would become Hungary's first prime minister. "This did not mark the dawning of a new age, but rather the beginning of a brief and exuberant window of self-determination," he says.