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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nCount L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Festetics, the heir of Count Gy\u00f6rgy Festetics, who founded Hungary\u2019s first agricultural college, the Georgikon of Keszthely in 1797, sent two young teachers on a study tour to Western Europe in 1820. Based on the reports, letters and journals of P\u00e1l Gerics, doctor and veterinarian, and J\u00f3zsef Lehrmann, gardener and viticulturist, Gy\u00f6rgy Kurucz, professor at the K\u00e1roli G\u00e1sp\u00e1r Reformed University of the Reformed Church in Hungray, publishes his book after years of research. The chapters of this work not only introduce the reader to the intellectual background and international relations of the founding and operation of the agricultural institute, but also follow the sometimes adventurous journey of the two teachers through Silesia, Saxony, Prussia, the Kingdom of Hanover, the towns of northern Germany, the Rhine region, and then through the Low Countries, England, Scotland, France, Switzerland and Italy. This volume will certainly appeal to readers interested in farming, medicine, European cultural history in general, and even in everyday life of bygone eras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The new English-language volume of the WOMEnKULT series is expected in the winter of 2025 The volume will be published by Praesens Verlag in Vienna Gy\u00f6rgy KURUCZ: Travel Narratives and Economic Discourse: The Technological Journey of Two Hungarian Agriculturists in Western Europe in the Early Nineteenth Century Count L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Festetics, the heir of Count Gy\u00f6rgy … <\/p>\n