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oapen-20.500.12657-570842023-05-09T13:22:03Z Bishop John Vitez and Early Renaissance Central Europe Matić, Tomislav Early Renaissance, Humanism, Hungary, Central Europe, Catholic Church, diplomacy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSB Literary studies: general bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPC History of Western philosophy::HPCB Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600 bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity The subject of this study is the life, career, and public activities of John Vitez of Sredna (early 1400s–1472)—a politician, prelate, diplomat and one of the most influential personages in the history of Renaissance humanism in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Vitez was a nobleman from medieval Slavonia, who had spent a large portion of his lifetime as the bishop of Oradea (1445–1465), and finished his career and his life as the archbishop of Esztergom and primate of Hungary (1465–1472). He is also the author of the only extant complete collection of letters from the late medieval Kingdom of Hungary. His life is relevant to the history of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Poland, and the wider Central European area. This work studies the existing literature on John Vitez, presents new sources on his life and career, and attempts to create a complete image of him within the context of the tumultuous history of early Renaissance Central Europe. 2022-06-23T07:22:09Z 2022-06-23T07:22:09Z 2022 book 9781641893169 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57084 eng Beyond Medieval Europe application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781802700282.pdf https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-1-80270-028-2-highres.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-1-80270-028-2-frontcover.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-1-80270-028-2-thumb.jpg Arc Humanities Press 10.17302/BME-9781802700282 10.17302/BME-9781802700282 e8579ecb-7a9a-49c1-9777-413adf1559c9 9781641893169 246 open access
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The subject of this study is the life, career, and public activities of John Vitez of Sredna (early 1400s–1472)—a politician, prelate, diplomat and one of the most influential personages in the history of Renaissance humanism in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Vitez was a nobleman from medieval Slavonia, who had spent a large portion of his lifetime as the bishop of Oradea (1445–1465), and finished his career and his life as the archbishop of Esztergom and primate of Hungary (1465–1472). He is also the author of the only extant complete collection of letters from the late medieval Kingdom of Hungary. His life is relevant to the history of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Poland, and the wider Central European area. This work studies the existing literature on John Vitez, presents new sources on his life and career, and attempts to create a complete image of him within the context of the tumultuous history of early Renaissance Central Europe.
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