Matyas's reforms do not survive the turbulent …
Years: 1396 - 1539
Matyas's reforms do not survive the turbulent decades that follow his reign.
An oligarchy of quarrelsome magnates gains control of Hungary.
They crown a docile king, Vladislav Jagiello (the Jagiellonian king of Bohemia, who is known in Hungary as Ulaszlo II, 1490-1516), only on condition that he abolish the taxes that had supported Matyas's mercenary army.
As a result, the king's army disperses just as the Turks are threatening Hungary.
The magnates also dismantle Matyas's administration and antagonizes the lesser nobles.
In 1492 the Diet limits the serfs' freedom of movement and expands their obligations.
Rural discontent boils over in 1514 when well-armed peasants under Gyorgy Dozsa rise up and attack estates across Hungary.
United by a common threat, the magnates and lesser nobles eventually crush the rebels.
Dozsa and other rebel leaders are executed in a most brutal manner.
Locations
People
Groups
- Transylvania, region of
- Jews
- Germans
- Hungarian people
- Vlachs
- Slavs, West
- Slavonia region
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Croats (South Slavs)
- Croatia, Kingdom of
- Slovaks (West Slavs)
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
- Croatia, Kingdom of
- Italians (Latins)
- Saxons, Transylvanian
- Székelys
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Bohemia, Kingdom of
- Poland of the later Piasts, Kingdom of
- Timurid Empire
- Poland of the Jagiellonians, Kingdom of
- Union of Three Nations
- Turkish people
- Ottoman Empire
- Serbia, Ottoman
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Years: 1396 - 1539
Locations
People
Groups
- Transylvania, region of
- Jews
- Germans
- Hungarian people
- Vlachs
- Slavs, West
- Slavonia region
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Croats (South Slavs)
- Croatia, Kingdom of
- Slovaks (West Slavs)
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
- Croatia, Kingdom of
- Italians (Latins)
- Saxons, Transylvanian
- Székelys
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Bohemia, Kingdom of
- Poland of the later Piasts, Kingdom of
- Timurid Empire
- Poland of the Jagiellonians, Kingdom of
- Union of Three Nations
- Turkish people
- Ottoman Empire
- Serbia, Ottoman
Topics
Subjects
Regions
Subregions