Novák Ádám (szerk.): Fontes Memoriae Hungariae III. Varsóban őrzött magyar vonatkozású oklevelek, 1439–1489. Közreadja: Novák Ádám, Tóth Orsolya és Tóth Péter (Debrecen, 2019)
Sobiesław Szybkowski: Polish-Hungarian Relations between 1437 and 1490. A Short Introduction
IX Both sides were looking for allies; Albert was trying to win over the Teutonic Order and Sigismund Kęstutaitis, Grand Duke of Lithuania.20 The Polish side, on the other hand, was accused of bringing two Turkish invasions upon Hungary in 1438. Because of that, it was impossible for Albert’s Hungarian subjects to provide him more help in the battles he fought in Bohemia. Moreover, at the end of June and in July 1438, the Poles and their Hussite allies took military action against Hungary as well. Their campaign affected the territory of Upper Hungary bordering Spiš, which was governed by Polish starosts (here military actions lasted until May 1439) and also the Trnava region, but eventually they marched even further, up to Gömör county. It needs to be emphasized that military actions led by Polish commanders in Hungary were still in progress in May 1439, some considerable time after representatives of Albert II of Germany and Vladislaus III of Poland signed a peace treaty in Namysłów (on 10 February 1439), which came to be due to the mediation of the Papal legates and the Council of Basel. The Treaty of Namysłów was supposed to come into effect on 24 June 1439.21 On 14 May, Albert and both Jagiellons planned to meet on the border between Poland and Hungary to determine the conditions of a sustainable peace. However, the meeting started on 24 May and only the monarchs’ envoys appeared. The final agreement was postponed until 8 September, when Albert and Vladislaus III were supposed to meet on the same border. 22 Only Vladislaus III fulfilled these arrangements. At the time of the planned meeting he was staying in Biecz, a town close to the border of the Kingdom of Hungary.23 Albert, who was running an unsuccessful military campaign against the Turks, did not show up. The Polish side took this opportunity to reinforce its supremacy over Moldavia. In September 1439, Stephen and Ilia, two hospodars who were fighting for power in Moldavia, took oaths of allegiance before the Polish legation of Vladislaus III. This event had a direct link to the conflict with Albert and the aim was to put his Hungarian subjects under pressure.24 It is worth mentioning here that the Hungarian side had long been questioning the supremacy of Polish kings over the Moldavian Principality, regarding it as an unregulated issue in the relations between the Kingdom of Poland and St Stephen’s Realm. However, Albert still wanted to end the conflict peacefully, 20 Heck, 1964. 74–83; Błaszczyk, Grzegorz: Dzieje stosunków polsko-litewskich . Vol. 1. Poznań, 2007. 738–755; Полехов , 2015. 458–466. 21 Heck, 1964. 84–85., 144–147., 183.; Biskup, 1982A. 411–412. 22 Heck, 1964. 190–192.; Biskup, 1982A. 412–413. 23 Sroka, Stanisław A., Zawitkowska, Wioletta: Itinerarium króla Władysława III 1434-1444 . Warszawa, 2017. 58. 24 Czamańska, Ilona: Mołdawia i Wołoszczyzna wobec Polski, Węgier i Turcji w XIV i XV wieku . Poznań, 1996. 98–99.
