PT Journal
AU Tihanyiova, M
TI The Conversion of the Hungarian Nobility in the Second Third of the Sixteenth Century (the Example of Imrich Bubek of Plesivec)
SO Historica Olomucensia
PY 2022
BP 11
EP 26
VL 62
IS 1
DI 10.5507/ho.2022.001
DE Bubeks of Plesivec; Matthias Devay; the Reformation; Martin Luther
AB This contribution is focused on the spreading of the Reformation to the Hungarian kingdom approximately from the beginning of the 1520s. It introduces the oldest sources concerning the first Humanist scholars, preachers and teachers, working in Hungary, who were sympathetic to the teachings of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Philip Melanchthon and Martin Luther. Special attention is paid to the life of the first domestic Hungarian reformer Matthias Devay, and this prior to his acceptance of the Reformed faith. It follows his fate in Budin, in Kosice, in Vienna and also discusses his activity in the courts of a number of renowned Hungarian nobles. It provides a more detailed description of his work in connection with his first patron and supporter from the first half of the 1530s, Imrich Bubek of Plesivec, and this immediately after Devay returned from university studies in Wittenberg (1531). This link is of even greater interest due to the fact that Imrich held, at the time of the support from Devay, the rank of provost of the collegiate chapter at the Church of St. Nicholas in Stolicny Belehrad (Szekesfehervar in Hungary). Under the influence of Devay, he married but thanks to his origins in an influential Hungarian family, escaped any serious punishment. He continued to hold his ecclesiastical rank. The author follows Imrich's fate up to the time when he lost contact with Devay. On the basis of several indirect references, his ongoing sympathies with the teachings of Martin Luther are attested to.
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