Mátyás király 1467. évi moldvai hadjárata
The Moldavian Campaign of King Matthias Corvinus in 1467

Summary/Abstract: The result of the Moldavian campaign is a controversial issue between Hungarian and Romanian historians. There are two reasons for this: on the one hand, the controversial content of sources; on the other, the national interests. The aim of the present paper is to give a collection of sources and views, then to compare and to analyse them. The campaign in question was the last Hungarian attempt to re-establish suzerainty in Moldavia. The campaign was led by the king himself. Initially, the Hungarian army seized and destroyed Bacău, Roman and Târgu-Neamţ, and finally arrived in Baia. The Moldavians were encamped farther from Baia, between the Moldova River and Şomuz. Overnight the leader of the Moldavians, Stephen the Great, sent detachments to set the town on fire, and then the Moldavians attacked the Hungarian camp. But the Hungarian army repulsed and destroyed them in a bloody battle. However the Hungarians left the town after three days. The retreating Hungarian army, on its way to Transylvania, was stopped by a blockade, but they were able to break through it. In my opinion, the campaign was unsuccessful but not a defeat, since the Voivod Stephen could not defeat the Hungarian army; however, he did not come under Matthias’s influence.

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