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Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. Bibliotheca Corviniana was one of the most renowned libraries of the Renaissance world, established by Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, in Buda Castle between 1458 and 1490. The books were stolen and taken to Istanbul after the Hungarian defeat by the Ottomans in the Battle of Mohács in 1526.
Matthias patronized art and science; his royal library, the Bibliotheca Corviniana, was one of the largest collections of books in Europe. With his patronage, Hungary became the first country to embrace the Renaissance from Italy.
Republics and Kingdoms Compared is a Socratic dialogue set in the court of King Mattias Corvinus of Hungary. The work depicts a debate between the king himself, his illegitimate son Prince János (John Corvinus), and Florentine knight and merchant Domenico Giugni.
At the beginning of his historical work, Ranzano delivers an oratory speech to the royal couple, Matthias and Beatrice, depicting the royal portraiture, ruler virtues, morals and qualities of Matthias. The author develops the Corvinus' origin myth, claiming that the king descends from that Roman gens named Corvinus, who were settled by ...
The subsequent owners of the formulary book – three different handwriting can be distinguished – continued the text of the third annales. The second author preserved events from the year 1490 (the death of Matthias, the coronation of Vladislaus II and the first phase of the War of the Hungarian Succession).
The Great Coats of Arms of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. The great coats of arms of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary of 1485 in the first page of the Chronica Hungarorum. The coat of arms of the countries of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and Queen Beatrice of Aragon. In the center, the united coat of arms of Matthias and Beatrice:
Corvinus rewarded in 1469 some Romanians from Maramureș who were on Corvinus's side, for their bravery when saving the life of the king: Coroi from Oncești (Maramureș), his son Ioan, and their brothers in arms: Mihai de Petrova, Mihai Nan de Slatina, Petru Leucă from Valea Lupului, Ioan Miclea from Șugatag, Petru de Berbești, Simion son ...
After leaving the capital, Mehmed discovered 23,844 impaled Turks whom Vlad had killed during his invasion of Bulgaria. The number is mentioned by Vlad himself in a letter to Matthias Corvinus. The sultan and his troops then sailed to Brăila and burned it to the ground before retreating to Adrianople. Mehmed's forces returned home with many ...
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