Južne granice Ugarsko-Hrvatskog Kraljevstva u vrijeme Stjepana Tomaševića
Southern borders of the Hungarian-Croatian Kingdom during the Reign of Stjepan Tomašević

Author(s): Borislav Grgin
Subject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Political behavior, 15th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Stjepan Tomašević; Matthias Corvinus; Bosnia; Ottomans; Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia;
Summary/Abstract: In this paper the author is attempting to reconstruct complex relations on the southern borders of the late medieval Hungarian-Croatian Kingdom with the neighbouring Kingdom of Bosnia and the Ottomans, during the reign of the last Bosnian medieval king Stjepan (Steven) Tomašević (1461-1463). The main focus is on the politics of the Hungarian-Croatian king Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) towards Bosnia. The central issue was the relation between Corvinus and Tomašević, in connection with the events preceding the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia. Of particular importance in this respect was the role of the papacy and papal legate Nikola Modruški (Nicholas of Modruš). An at-tempt has also been made to address the question whether the attitude of King Matthias towards Tomašević presented an isolated case, according to its features and methods, or it fitted a more general pattern of Matthias’s concepts, ideas, behaviour and principles of royal government. In conclusion, results of the analysis are summarized and an attempt is made to evaluate Matthias’s overall “Bosnian policy” from 1461 to 1463.

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