H. Kolba Judit szerk.: Historical Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum Guide 2 - From the Foundation of the State until the Expulsion of the Ottomans - The history of Hungary in the 11th to 17th centuries (Budapest, 2005)

ROOM 5 - The Rule of the Jagiello Kings in Hungary (early 16th century) (Piroska Biczó)

39. Late Gothic choir-stall, carved, painted wood, Bártfa (Bardejov), 1483 The Rule of the Jagiello Kings in Hungary (1490-1526) From the end of the 15th century onwards, Hungary found itself in the path of a colli­sion between two great powers, the Habs­burg empire and the Turkish empire. Three months after the death of Matthias, the Diet elected the Bohemian king Wladislas Jagiello as king of Hungary (1490-1516). Of the pretenders to the throne, János Cor­vin, the natural son of Matthias, and John Albert, the younger brother of Wladislas,

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