![]() In many respects, developments in the Kingdom of Hungary took a very different direction to those in the Austrian half of the empire. There were now two separate governments and two parliaments in parallel to one another: the Reichsrat was now convened, representing only the lands of Austria and its dependencies, known as Cisleithania for short, while the Hungarian half of the empire, known as Transleithania, had its own parliament which sat in an imposing new building on the banks of the Danube in Pest. The Monarchy now had two capitals – Vienna and Budapest, which in just a few decades underwent rapid expansion to become a metropolis of European importance. In all other affairs of state Hungary was granted complete autonomy. The army constituted another important bond. This created the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy, a real union between two states that were joined only at the apex by a common head of state and a common foreign policy. Thus a search for consensus was started which was to end in the ceremonial coronation of Franz Joseph in Budapest in 1867 and in the signing of the Compromise. ![]() ![]() The largest of the lands within the state system of the Monarchy, Hungary was being held down by the central authorities in Vienna, tying up huge forces that were needed elsewhere during this time of crisis. One of the most important results of these reforms was the Compromise with Hungary, in response to the demands of the Hungarian elite, which had taken a stance of passive resistance since the suppression of the revolution in 1848. ![]()
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