Definition von magyars im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
These were a warlike people from western Asia who migrated into central Europe in 9th century They established a kingdom in Hungary and conducted numerous raids in the late 9th and early 10th centuries into areas of western Europe Although they were defeated in 955 at the Battle of Lechfeld and assimilated into European civilization, the instability caused by their invasions helped contribute to the establishment of feudalism
A nomadic people from the steppes of Central Asia who attacked Europe in the ninth century
Barbarian people, perhaps Finish in origin, who migrated into southern Europe and in the early 10th century occupied Hungary, from where their horsemen raided into France, Italy, Germany and even Spain Defeated at the battle of Lechfeld in 955, they settled down in Hungary and established a civilised Christian kingdom which survived into modern times
Any member of the dominant ethnic group in Hungary. Speakers of a Finno-Ugric language, they migrated from their early home in the region of present-day Bashkortostan in eastern European Russia across the southern Russian and Ukrainian steppes into the northern Balkans in the 9th century. After collisions with neighbouring peoples, the Magyars crossed the Carpathians and settled in the middle basin of the Danube River in the late 9th century, subjugating Slavs and other peoples there. Skilled and fierce horsemen, they raided deep into the heart of Europe in the 10th century and were greatly feared until their defeat by Otto I at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955. They adopted Christianity in the 11th century under King Stephen I, the founder of Hungary, who made the kingdom part of the European community