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 7 - Transylvania and Royal Hungary (second half of the 16th century-17th century) (Judit H. Kolba)

57. Chalice veil with the coat of arms of the Lorántffy family, Transylvania, mid-17th century ceeded to the throne as the leader of the first anti-Habsburg Hungarian uprising. Aided by the Heyducks associating themselves with him, he met with success in the theatre of operations in Royal Hungary, proving for the first time that union of the two parts of Hungary not occupied by the Turks could be attempted from Transylvania. In the Treaty of Vienna of 1606 he achieved his goal, namely that the Viennese Court granted freedom of religion, agreed to the election of the palatine and continued to keep the Holy Crown in the country. After the sudden death of Bocskai, Zsigmond Rákóczi (1606-08), one of the greatest landowners in the northeastern part of the country, ascended the throne of Transylvania. He was a great patron of culture, and was succeeded by Gábor Báthory (1608-13). Gábor Bethlen (1613-29), the greatest