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May 26, 2024 · Explore the incredible legacy of Matthias Corvinus, crowned King of Hungary at 15. From leading the formidable Black Army to founding the Bibliotheca Corvini...
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Nov 12, 2013 · 42. 4.4K views 10 years ago. In many ways the Hungarian King Mattias Corvinus, is seen as an equal to Lorenzo The Magnificent for his contribution to, and love of the arts. Hungary was...
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May 19, 2021 · Matthias Corvinus became King of Hungary as it was beginning to deal with the Ottoman threat. He united the fractured kingdom, bringing powerful magnates to heel and creating a strong centralized state. He created a significant power in Southeast Europe that was able to hold of the Ottomans and take lands from the Holy Roman Empire.
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Early rule
Thus, on January 20, 1458, Matthias was elected king by the Diet. At this time Matthias was still a hostage of George of Podebrady, who released him under the condition of marrying his daughter Kunhuta (later know as Catherine). On January 24, 1458, 40,000 Hungarian noblemen, assembled on the ice of the frozen Danube, unanimously elected Matthias Hunyadi king of Hungary, and on February 14, the new king made his state entry into Buda. Matthias was 15 when he was elected King of Hungary: At th...
Wars in central Europe
Matthias gained independence of and power over the barons by dividing them, and by raising a large royal army, fekete sereg (the King's Black Army of Hungary of mercenaries), whose main force included the remnants of the Hussites from Bohemia. At this time, Hungary reached its greatest territorial extent of the epoch (present-day southeastern Germany to the west, Dalmatia to the south, Eastern Carpathians to the east, and Polandto the north). Soon after his coronation, Matthias turned his att...
Governance
Matthias introduced a series of reforms designed to improve internal stability. He abolished tax privileges for large landowners, strengthened the power of the lesser aristocracy to curb that of the barons and commissioned a codification of the legal system. Internally, he relied on diplomacy and negotiation to achieve his goals. He further developed the standing army, an innovation introduced by his father which may in part have imitated the Janissariesagainst whom they fought.
In the course of his expansion, Matthias strengthened his state's diplomacy. Apart from his regular network of relations with his neighbors, as well as the Pope and Kingdom of Naples, he established regular contacts with France, Burgundy, Switzerland, Florence, most German states, Russia and, occasionally, with Persia and Egypt. Matthias's empire c...
Corvinus, Matthias. 1994. Matthias Corvinus and the Humanism in Central Europe. Budapest: Balassi Kiadó. ISBN 9789637873720.Feuer-Tóth, Rózsa. 1990. Art and Humanism in Hungary in the Age of Matthais Corvinus. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 9789630556460.Sugar, Peter F., Péter Hanák, and Tibor Frank. 1990. A History of Hungary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253355782.Tanner, Marcus. 2008. The Raven King: Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of His Lost Library. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300120349.All links retrieved November 7, 2022. 1. Bibliotheca Corviniana Digitalis - National Széchényi Library, Hungary.
Nov 17, 2023 · Matthias I, or Matthias Corvinus, stands as one of Hungary’s most remarkable monarchs, ruling from 1458 to 1490 and leaving an indelible mark on the nation’s history. Born on February 23, 1443, Matthias ascended to the throne at a tender age of 14, guided by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.
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Matthias Corvinus (also Mátyás Corvin ; 23 February 1443 – 6 April 1490) was a king of Hungary and Croatia who reigned from 1458 to 1490. He was also king of Bohemia since 1469 and ruled the lands of Moravia , Silesia , and Lusatia .
