Antonio Bonfini

Statue of Bonfinivs in Budapest

Antonio Bonfini (Latin variant: Antonius Bonfinius) (1434–1503) was an Italian humanist and poet who spent the last years of his career as a court historian in Hungary with King Matthias Corvinus.[1]

Bonfini was commissioned by Matthias Corvinus to produce a work chronicling the History of Hungary. The book was named Historia Pannonica: Sive Hungaricarum Rerum Decades IV.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Lóránt Czigány: A History of Hungarian Literature / CHAPTER IIThe Renaissance in Hungary
  2. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica article on Antonio Bonfini
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