Antonio Bonfini Explained

Antonio Bonfini
Birth Date:1427
Death Date:1502
Occupation:Priest, canon, chronicler, historian
Subject:History of the Hungarians
Language:Latin
Nationality:Italian
Death Place:Buda

Antonio Bonfini (Latin variant: Antonius Bonfinius) (1427‒1502[1]) was an Italian humanist and poet serving as a court historian in Hungary under King Matthias Corvinus during the last years of his career.[2]

Bonfini was commissioned by Matthias Corvinus to produce a work chronicling the History of Hungary. The book was named Historia Pannonica: Sive Hungaricarum Rerum Decades IV.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antonio Bonfini: Rerum Hungaricarum decades. 2020-10-04. Bibliotheca Corvina Virtualis. en-GB.
  2. http://mek.oszk.hu/02000/02042/html/5.html Lóránt Czigány: A History of Hungarian Literature / CHAPTER IIThe Renaissance in Hungary
  3. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1091467/Antonio-Bonfini Encyclopædia Britannica article on Antonio Bonfini