· Seizing the Hungarian throne at the age of fifteen, Matthias Corvinus, the "Raven King,” was an effervescent presence on the fifteenth-century stage. A successful warrior and munificent art patron, he sought to leave as symbols of his strategic and humanist ambitions a strong, unified country, splendid palaces, and the most magnificent library in www.doorway.ru: $ Seizing the Hungarian throne at the age of fifteen, Matthias Corvinus, the "Raven King,” was an effervescent presence on the fifteenth-century stage. A successful warrior and munificent art patron, he sought to leave as symbols of his strategic and humanist ambitions a strong, unified country, splendid palaces, and the most magnificent library in Christendom. Marcus Tanner’s The Raven King: Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of His Lost Library is three books combined into one: Firstly, it is a biography of Matthias Corvinus, secondly it is a travel documentary of the author’s discovery of parts of Eastern Europe, and finally, it is an account of 15th century bookmaking and the story of Matthias Corvinus’ library, whose individual volumes are called /5(4).
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The Raven King: Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of his Lost Library. Tim Judah. August 4, It became something of an Indiana Jones-style quest. Somewhere, deep in the court of the. A gripping account of an extraordinary Renaissance monarch and the quest for his treasured library. Seizing the Hungarian throne at the age of fifteen, Matthias Corvinus, the "Raven King,” was an effervescent presence on the fifteenth-century stage. A successful warrior and munificent art patron, he sought to leave as symbols of his strategic and humanist ambitions a strong, unified country, splendid palaces, and the most magnificent library in Christendom. Seizing the Hungarian throne at the age of fifteen, Matthias Corvinus, the "Raven King,” was an effervescent presence on the fifteenth-century stage. A successful warrior and munificent art patron, he sought to leave as symbols of his strategic and humanist ambitions a strong, unified country, splendid palaces, and the most magnificent library in Christendom.
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