Századok – 2012

KÖZLEMÉNYEK - Bárány Attila - Györkös Attila: A Fehér Rózsa Magyarországon. Egy angol trónkövetelő viszontagságai és a Jagelló-kori diplomácia II/417

442 HAItÁNY ATTILA - GYÖRKÖS ATTILA The study depicts the vicissitudes of the Yorkist pretenders (Richard and Edmund de la Pole) in the Holy Roman Empire between 1502 and 1506, their attempted escapes from a prospective Tudor-Habsburg alliance, and their efforts at gaining the support of a more secure power which would endorse their aims. The authors have proved that, trusting in the support of Anne de Foix, who was related to the de la Pole family and thus to the Yorks, and of her husband, Wladislaw II of Hungary, Richard de la Pole stayed in Hungary in 1506 and 1507, trying from there to find a more receptive host country. They have consequently overviewed the development of relations between Maximilian of Habsburg, Philip the Fair, Henry VII Tudor and Louis XII of France in the period between 1500 and 1507. The study has revised most of the statements not only of Hungarian but also of English historiography, and has set alongside each other the conflicting pieces of information found in contemporary sources, trying in each case to find a satisfactory solution. The main conclusion of the study is that the history of the English pretender Richard de la Pole in Hungary is a strong incentive to reassess the whole question of the international relations of Jagelló Hungary. The kingdom of Wladislaw II was still regarded in contemporary Europe as a major power, with which both pretenders and rulers counted.