A Hunyadi-történet lepoglavai szála a 19. században

The figure of János Corvin interested the public of the time at least as much – if not more – than it does today. This study describes how the interest in the resting place of János Corvin and his son Kristóf in Lepoglava was reflected in the press and in academic life. Thanks to the news and reports circulating, attention was focused on the royal heir who had been overshadowed by his father, the legendary King Matthias, and whose development was mainly hindered by the Hungarian nobility of the Matthias era. The historical significance of János Corvin was more appreciated in the region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially in the national historical consciousness that was awakening in the 19th century. However, leading Hungarian scholars at the forefront of the most uptodate scientific knowledge of the period started to trace the Hunyadi descendants. In addition, many of them had credible information, but it did not become part of the literature they authored, and had it not been for a determined biographer, the information would have been consigned to oblivion. Furthermore, the sad and well-known fact that there are irreplaceable lacunae in the Hungarian archives due to the various war damages is a grim testimony to the research. Although there were loose ends left to be tied up in the 19th-century Lepoglava grave openings, persistent investigation has yielded a result.