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Mary of Hungary and Politics Between 1521 and 1526 13 GEZA PALFFY New Dynasty, New Court, New Political Decision-Making: a Decisive Era in Hungary

Preface Studies: ANDRAS KUBINYI The Court of Queen Mary of Hungary and Politics between 1521 and 1526 13 GEZA PALFFY New Dynasty, New Court, New Political Decision-Making: A Decisive Era in Hungary. The Decades following the Battle of Mohacs 1526 27 ISTVAN FAZEKAS Miklos Olah, Secretary to Queen Mary of Hungary, 1526-1539 41 ZOLTAN CSEPREGI Court Priests in the Entourage of Queen Mary of Hungary 49 VACLAV BUZEK Strangers in Their Own Country. King Louis II (Jagiello) and Mary of Hungary's Stay in Bohemia at the Turn of 1522-1523 63 KURT LOCHER Hans Krell - Court Painter to King Louis II of Hungary and his Consort, Mary of Hungary 69 ARPAD MIKO Illuminated Grants of Arms of King Louis II. Art Historical Questions Linked to a Specific Form of Heraldic Representation in the Hungary of the Late Jagiellon Period 81 KAROLY MAGYAR "Et... introivit ad Hungariam sola geimanica ancilla nomine Maria..." Mary of Hungary and Buda 97 ORSOLYA RETHELYI "...Maria regina... nuda venerat ad Hungariam..." The Queen's Treasures 121 ZUZANNA LUDIKOVA The Fate of Buda's Ecclesiastical Treasuries 129 JACQUELINE KERKHOFF The Court of Mary of Hungary, 1531-1558 137 Catalogue: I The Family 153 II The Royal Palace of Buda, the Home of the Queen 169 III Art at the Court 189 IV Humanism, Reformation and Book Publishing in Buda 205 V Court and Politics 219 VI Mohacs 239 VII The Years After Mohacs 255 VIII Regent of the Low Countries 271 IX Mary of Hungary and Mohacs, Nineteenth Century Portrait Replicas and Historical Painting 281 Bibliography and abbreviations 287 Appendix 306 PPN: 254809227 Titel: Mary of Hungary / the queen and her court 1521 - 1531 ; Budapest History Museum, 30 september 2005 - 9 january 2006, Slovenská Národná Galéria, 2 february - 30 april 2006 ; [Editors: Orsolya Réthelyi ...]. - History Museum Budapest 2005 ISBN: 963-9340-50-2 Bibliographischer Datensatz im SWB-Verbund.

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