HUNYADI, JOHN

hoonˈyŏdĭ, Hung. Hunyadi János, c.1385–1456, Hungarian national hero, leader of the resistance against the Ottomans. He was chosen (1441) voivode [governor] of Transylvania under King Uladislaus I (Ladislaus III of Poland) and won numerous victories over the Ottomans. In 1444, however, the Christians were routed at Varna and the king was slain. Hunyadi, after a period of confusion, was chosen (1446) regent by the Hungarian diet. Young Ladislaus V, chosen king in 1444, was kept from his kingdom by his guardian, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, until 1453. When Ladislaus assumed his rule, Hunyadi laid down the regency and devoted his full energy to fighting the Ottomans. His fight was a Christian crusade and was aided by Pope Calixtus III. With St. John Capistran, Hunyadi defeated (1456) the Ottomans at Belgrade and thus staved off the Ottoman conquest of Hungary for 70 years. Hunyadi was bitterly opposed by many of the Magyar nobles. His elder son Ladislaus was executed in 1457 by order of King Ladislaus V for assassinating the king's uncle. John Hunyadi's younger son became king as Matthias Corvinus.

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books on: Hunyadi John  - 180 results

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The Romany Rye
Book by George Borrow, John Murray; J. Murray, 1914
Subjects: Fiction
...THE LIFE OF GEORGE BORROW" LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1914 FIRST...IN TWO VOLUMES--VOL. I. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1857. ADVERTISEMENT...which, as you enter, rest the bones of Sir John D -----; there, in studying logic and...
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Legends of Dracula
Book by Tom Streissguth; Lerner, 1999
Subjects: Dracula, Count (Fictitious Character)--Juvenile Literature, Horror Tales, English--Adaptations--Juvenile Literature, Horror Tales, English--History And Criticism--Juvenile Literature, Stoker, Bram--1847-1912--Adaptations--Juvenile Literature, Stoker, Bram--1847-1912--Dracula--Juvenile Literature, Vampires In Literature--Juvenile Literature, Vampires--Romania--Juvenile Literature, Vlad--Iii--Prince Of Wallachia--1430 Or 31-1476 Or 7--Juvenile Literature, Wallachia--Kings And Rulers--Biography--Juvenile Literature
...fight against the Turks led by John Hunyadi, a Hungarian. In 1444, Hunyadi...switched sides and was now fighting John Hunyadis army. Hunyadi asked Vlad Dracula...Hungary, 16, 18, 24, 30, 32, 36 Hunyadi, John, 20-21, 22, 24 impalement, 10...
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The Ottoman Empire, 1326-1699
Book by Stephen Turnbull; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
...The Ottomans in action against John Hunyadi, Hungarys great hero. ensured...Hungary, whose great national hero John Hunyadi would soon be in arms against him...in Hungary. With Serbian support John Hunyadi launched a campaign against the...
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Germany in the Later Middle Ages, 1200-1500
Book by William Stubbs, Arthur Hassall; Longmans, Green and Co., 1908
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, Germany--History--To 1517, Holy Roman Empire--History--To 1517
...1452 --Bohemia and Hungary--Matthias Corvinus--The Turkish in vasions--Death of Filippo Maria Visconti, 1447--John Hunyadi --Death of Albert of Austria, 1463--Results of Frederick's reign-- His son Maximilian 184...
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Crusade, Commerce, and Culture
Book by Aziz S. Atiya; Indiana University Press, 1962
Subjects: Crusades
...India and westward to the Atlantic. John Tzimisces 969-76 , an emperor of Armenian...authority of the Greek invader and paid John a tribute for holding the city. Most of...visited Jerusalem three times, and St. John, bishop of Parma, no less than six times...
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journal articles on: Hunyadi John  - 11 results

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Cyriacus of Ancona and the Revival of Two Forgotten Ancient Personifications in the Rector's Palace of Dubrovnik
Journal article by Stanko Kokole; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 49, 1996
Subjects: Classical antiquities--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dubrovnik, Croatia--Monuments, statues, etc., Sculpture, Renaissance--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...perished. Only the Hungarian general Janos Hunyadi managed to escape with some of his troops...and K. Mittelhaus; eds. K. Ziegler and W. John. I. Reihe (A-Q) 1 I - 24 I. Stuttgart...Commentary. Princeton, 1975. Sparrow, John. Visible Words: A Study of Inscriptions...
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"Entering the Silence": Voice, Ethnicity, and the Pedagogy of Creative Writing
Journal article by Richard Teleky; MELUS, Vol. 26, 2001
Subjects: Authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ethnicity in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ethnicity--Social aspects, Immigrants--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Silence--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...be resolved into new selves? John Marlyn dramatizes this subject...novel tells the story of Sandor Hunyadi, a Hungarian immigrant who settles...shares its first syllable with "Hunyadi," "Hungarian," and "Hun." Symbolically...Irish-American writers, especially John OHara, "in whose outsiders voice...
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Some Hungarian Theologians in the Late Renaissance
Journal article by Z. J. Kosztolnyik, Pelbart; Church History, Vol. 57, 1988
Subjects: Church History
...a former officer in the army of John Hunyadi (Hungarian regent, 1446-1452, and...196. Emil Bekesi, "Magyar irok Hunyadi Matyas korabol", (Hungarian writers...on the Book of the Revelation of John, applying its message to his own...
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Stephen the Great: Leadership and Patronage on the Fifteenth-Century Ottoman Frontier
Journal article by Randal H. Munsen; East European Quarterly, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages--Comparative analysis, Alcoholic beverages--Research, Alcoholic beverages--Social aspects, Breweries--Comparative analysis, Breweries--Research, Breweries--Social aspects, Brewing industry--Comparative analysis, Brewing industry--Research, Brewing industry--Social aspects, Wine industry--Comparative analysis, Wine industry--Research, Wine industry--Social aspects, Wineries--Comparative analysis, Wineries--Research, Wineries--Social aspects
...defense: and yet he stands beside Hunyadi, Sobieski, and Eugene as one...1497 ordered by Casimirs son John Albert, but Stephen managed...Ronald Press, 1952. Held, Joseph. Hunyadi: Legend and Reality. New York...1989. Raymond, Ellsworth and John Stuart Martin. A Picture History...
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The Thousand-Year Old Hungarian State: Historical Considerations(*)
Journal article by Ferenc Glatz; East European Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: History--Social aspects, Hungarian history, Hungary--History, Nation state (Political science)--Political aspects, National state--Political aspects, Social history, Social history--Modern, 1500-
...Angevins, or the Czech Sigismund of Luxembourg, or Mathias Hunyadi or even the Habsburgs occupied the Hungarian throne. The number...after the death of the last king of the Middle Ages, Matyas Hunyadi, (1490). The Hungarian landowning nobility brushed aside weak...
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The Treaty of Westphalia
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 48, October 1998
Subjects: Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648--History, Treaties--History, Treaty of Westphalia--1648
...Succession October 19th, 1448 The Hungarians under John Hunyadi are defeated by the Ottoman Sultan Murad II at...


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encyclopedia articles on: Hunyadi John  - 12 results

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Hunyadi, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HUNYADI, JOHN hoon yodi, Hung. Hunyadi Janos...aided by Pope Calixtus III. With St. John Capistran, Hunyadi defeated (1456) the Ottomans at Belgrade...V for assassinating the kings uncle. John Hunyadis younger son became king as Matthias...
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Crusades
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...problem of Eastern Europe for centuries after 1291. Campaigns akin to crusades were those of John Hunyadi , John of Austria (d. 1578), and John III of Poland. In their consequences, the crusades in Europe were as important as those in the...
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Matthias Corvinus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MATTHIAS CORVINUS korvi n s, 1443? 1490, king of Hungary (1458 90) and Bohemia (1478 90), second son of John Hunyadi . He was elected king of Hungary on the death of Ladislaus V . Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III sought to contest...
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Calixtus III
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Constantinople, and he promptly proclaimed a crusade against the Turks. He spared nothing to aid John Hunyadi , who won a victory with St. John Capistran at Belgrade (1456). In 1457, Calixtus turned to Scanderbeg , in Albania, sent him money...
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Vlad IV
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...son of the Devil. Vlad IV seized the Walachian throne briefly in 1448 and definitively in 1456 with the support of John Hunyadi , whom he had helped against the Ottoman Turks. Ruling with firmness and with cruelty toward his opponents, he created...
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