Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)

1528

[4.] Habuimus nuntium de Slavonia recentem, qui narrat Tureas nunc rursus fecisse incursionem in Carinthiam miseram. Qui cum ducerent circiter quinque milia animarum, et cum hi, qui eorum agmen praecedebant, ad centum equitum a comite Corbavi- ensi,9 bano Slavoniae fuissent prostrati, reliqui totam illam turbam captivorum ad 25 unum trucidarunt.10

[5.] Dicit idem nuntius hoc anno plures fuisse factas in Carinthiam excursiones, abducta pluribus vicibus usque ad quadraginta milia animarum.11 Huc miseram Christianitatem civilia ac fraterna bella ac tanta paucorum dominandi libido adduxerunt. Et iam iam longe graviora instant. In quo utinam falsus sim vates! Haec non sine ingenti 30 cordis dolore et amaritudine scribo. Vestram Dominationem Illustrem cupio optime valere.

Ex Debreczen, 13. Novembris 1528.

Vestrae Illustris Dominationis

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Sirmiensis subscripsit

On the outer side: Illustri domino Christophoro de Schidloviecz castellano et capitaneo Cracoviensi ac regni Poloniae supremo cancellario, domino meo observandissimo. [Stephanus Brodericus Sirmiensis scribit officiosas litteras quaedam de profectione sua 40 indicans. 13 Novembris Anno 28]

40 Stephanus...Anno 28 alui manu

g János Karlovics (of Corbavia/Torquatus), Croatian-Slavonian Ban in 1521-24 by himself, then together with Ferenc Batthyány from 1528 till his death. Comes of Verőce county from 1527. On his political career, see Varga Szabolcs, Adalékok a Zrínyi csatád felemelkedéséhez. A Karlovics-örökség. = Varga Zoltán (ed.), Zrínyi Miklós élete és öröksége. Szigetvár, 2009, 5-20.

10 The clash with foraying Turks took place on 4 October 1528 near the Breznica river. The fact that royal historian Ursinus Velius wrote about the clash in his work De hello Pannonico, which discussed the war between Ferdinand and Szapolyai, shows its significance. About the battle’s circumstances and other sources see: Barta Gábor, Az elfelejtett hadszíntér 1526-1528. Megjegyzések a török-magyar szövetség előtörténetéről, Történelmi Szemle, 1995, 18-19.

11 About Turkish forays against Croatia and Habsburg territories including Carinthia as well as about their function, see more: Barta Gábor, Az elfelejtett hadszíntér... 1-33.

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