Matthias I Corvinus
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Arts, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Patrons, Mentors
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History
Article abstract: Matthias I excelled as soldier, diplomat, and legal reformer. Most important, he moved Hungary from feudal particularism toward a more centralized state and through his lavish patronage promoted a remarkable Humanist literary and artistic achievement on the model of the Italian Renaissance.
Early Life
Matthias I Corvinus was the second son of János Hunyadi, a self-made man of the lesser Hungarian nobility. Hunyadi won great military renown fighting against the Ottoman Turks and in the process had become the largest single landowner in...
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