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Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443–90) created the Bibliotheca Corviniana, in its day one of Europe’s finest libraries. After his death, and especially after the conquest of Buda by the Turks in 1541, the library was dispersed and much of the collection was destroyed, with the surviving volumes scattered all over Europe.
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 started the systematic collection of books after the arrival of his first librarian, Martius Galeotti, a friend of Janus Pannonius from Ferrara in around 1465. [ 255 ] [ 256 ] The exchange of letters between Taddeo Ugoleto , who succeeded Marzio in 1471, and Francesco Bandini contributed to the development of the royal library because ...
Accordingly, the first Corvinus was granted the river island "Corvina" on the Danube. Ranzano derives the name from Kovin (present-day in Serbia). In addition to the characterization of Matthias, Ranzano praises the king's son John Corvinus on the occasion of his proposed wedding with Bianca Maria Sforza.
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.
Antonio Bonfini (Latin variant: Antonius Bonfinius) (1427‒1502 [1]) was an Italian humanist and poet serving as a court historian in Hungary under King Matthias Corvinus during the last years of his career. [2] Bonfini was commissioned by Matthias Corvinus to produce a work chronicling the History of Hungary.
The Bohemian War (1468–1478) began when the Kingdom of Bohemia was invaded by the king of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus. Matthias invaded with the pretext of returning Bohemia to Catholicism; at the time, it was ruled by the Hussite king, George of Poděbrady. Matthias' invasion was largely successful, leading to his acquisition of the southern ...
The battle started after Mehmed II, who already had tense relations with Vlad, discovered his alliance with Hungary's king Matthias Corvinus and ordered his forces to ambush him. Vlad foiled the attack and invaded Bulgaria. In response, Mehmed raised a great army with the objective to conquer Wallachia.