Lajos Elekes
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LOCATION: Budapest 1052, Hungary
Professor of the Medieval History of Hungary, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Author of Hunyadi; Mátyás és kora and others.
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Matthias I was the king of Hungary (1458–90), who attempted to reconstruct the Hungarian state after decades of feudal anarchy, chiefly by means of financial, military, judiciary, and administrative reforms. His nickname, Corvinus, derived from the raven (Latin corvus) on his escutcheon. Matthias…
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