Maximilianus Transylvanus: a színe és a visszája
Maximilianus Transylvanus: The Right and Wrong Side

Summary/Abstract: The author formulates, in five units, such interdisciplinary, sometimes apparently provocative, hypotheses about Maximilianus Transylvanus and his work which may eventually shed new light on a well-known author and his opus, the De Moluccis insulis. The paper examines the origins of the Humanist writer, the reception of his works, and his relationship network. Maximilianus Transylvanus can safely be regarded as the connecting point of three networks; by way of family ties he was also linked to Magellan’s business circle. In his writings he defended Magellan against the accusation of high treason. As he wrote, Magellan “moved to Spain, for he had suffered great injustice at the hands of the Portuguese King”.

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