Baranyai Decsi János
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János Baranyai Decsi is a Hungarian Renaissance
writer who lived in the 16th century. He lived in the Transylvania
n court of Báthory
Zsigmond.
in the county of Tolna
in 1560. His family name was Csimor. He belonged to the Calvinist Church.
He completed his studies in Tolna
, Debrecen
and Kolozsvár
. In 1587, he travelled abroad accompanying the young Hungarian aristocrat, Losonci Bánffy Ferenc. The pair studied in Wittenberg
, where Bánffy was elected as rector
.
In 1590, they moved to Strasbourg
. The family estate had been ruined by the Ottoman
Turks in Hungary
. In 1592, he moved to Kolozsvár
, where the Duke, Báthory Zsigmond /Sigismund Báthory
, supported him. The following year, he moved to Marosvásárhely where he began working as a teacher, which he held until his death.
He travelled a great deal, to Gyulafehérvár
, to Kolozsvár
, and once even to Strasbourg
to be granted a higher degree.
n court, he mentions as informators Pethe Márton, Napragyi Demeter, Dersffi Ferenc, Thököly Sebestyén, Hommonai László, Czobor Miklós. He even interviewed the beg of Lippa
Mohamed in prison.
His source for earlier periods is often Antonio Bonfini
. His relation to the Catholic duke was contradictory; on the one hand Baranyai needed the prince's support to finance his own work, but Baranyai often spoke out against what he perceived as the duke's crimes and impotence in military or political matters. He often quotes the facts without commentary.
The work would copy Antonio Bonfini
in its structure, written in the form of the ten decades of Hungarian history but Baranyai only wrote the tenth decade.
First editions are of Kovachich Marton 1798 and of Toldy Ferenc in 1866.
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
writer who lived in the 16th century. He lived in the Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
n court of Báthory
Báthory
The Báthory were a Hungarian noble family of the Gutkeled clan. The family rose to significant influence in Central Europe during the late Middle Ages, holding high military, administrative and ecclesiastical positions in the Kingdom of Hungary...
Zsigmond.
Life
He was born in the Hungarian DecsDecs
Decs is a village in Tolna County, Hungary.- External links :*...
in the county of Tolna
Tolna
Tolna is a town in Tolna county, Hungary. It lies about north of Szekszárd and south of Budapest....
in 1560. His family name was Csimor. He belonged to the Calvinist Church.
He completed his studies in Tolna
Tolna
Tolna is a town in Tolna county, Hungary. It lies about north of Szekszárd and south of Budapest....
, Debrecen
Debrecen
Debrecen , is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county.- Name :...
and Kolozsvár
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
. In 1587, he travelled abroad accompanying the young Hungarian aristocrat, Losonci Bánffy Ferenc. The pair studied in Wittenberg
Wittenberg
Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a city in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Elbe. It has a population of about 50,000....
, where Bánffy was elected as rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
.
In 1590, they moved to Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
. The family estate had been ruined by the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
Turks in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. In 1592, he moved to Kolozsvár
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
, where the Duke, Báthory Zsigmond /Sigismund Báthory
Sigismund Báthory
Sigismund Báthory was Prince of Transylvania.-Biography:Hailing from the Báthory family's Somlyó branch, he was the son of Christopher Báthory, Voivod of Transylvania, and nephew of Stephen Báthory, King of Poland...
, supported him. The following year, he moved to Marosvásárhely where he began working as a teacher, which he held until his death.
He travelled a great deal, to Gyulafehérvár
Alba Iulia
Alba Iulia is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 66,747, located on the Mureş River. Since the High Middle Ages, the city has been the seat of Transylvania's Roman Catholic diocese. Between 1541 and 1690 it was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania...
, to Kolozsvár
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
, and once even to Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
to be granted a higher degree.
History of Hungary 1592-1598
Baranyai was close to the official documents of the TransylvaniaTransylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
n court, he mentions as informators Pethe Márton, Napragyi Demeter, Dersffi Ferenc, Thököly Sebestyén, Hommonai László, Czobor Miklós. He even interviewed the beg of Lippa
Lipova, Arad
Lipova is a town in Romania, Arad County, located in the Banat region of western Transylvania. It is situated at a distance of 34 km from Arad, the county capital, at the contact zone of the Mureș River with the Zarand Mountains, Western Plateau and Lipovei Hills...
Mohamed in prison.
His source for earlier periods is often Antonio Bonfini
Antonio Bonfini
Antonio Bonfini was an Italian humanist and poet who spent the last years of his career as a court historian in Hungary with King Matthias Corvinus....
. His relation to the Catholic duke was contradictory; on the one hand Baranyai needed the prince's support to finance his own work, but Baranyai often spoke out against what he perceived as the duke's crimes and impotence in military or political matters. He often quotes the facts without commentary.
The work would copy Antonio Bonfini
Antonio Bonfini
Antonio Bonfini was an Italian humanist and poet who spent the last years of his career as a court historian in Hungary with King Matthias Corvinus....
in its structure, written in the form of the ten decades of Hungarian history but Baranyai only wrote the tenth decade.
First editions are of Kovachich Marton 1798 and of Toldy Ferenc in 1866.
Works
- Hungarian translation of SallustiusSallustiusSallustius or Sallust was a 4th-century Latin writer, a friend of the Roman Emperor Julian. He wrote the treatise On the Gods and the Cosmos, a kind of catechism of 4th-century Hellenic paganism. Sallustius' work owes much to that of Iamblichus of Chalcis, who synthesized Platonism with...
's Catilina, Iugurtha published in 1609 - Hodoeporicon
- History of Hungary 1592-1598
- Poems in Latin and Greek
- Thesis on the Hunnic-ScythiaScythiaIn antiquity, Scythian or Scyths were terms used by the Greeks to refer to certain Iranian groups of horse-riding nomadic pastoralists who dwelt on the Pontic-Caspian steppe...
n alphabet - Hungarian translation of Erasmus of Rotterdam's proverb collection
- Essay on the Hungarian Law "Syntagma institutinonum iuris imperialis ac Ungarici" published 1593 in KolozsvárCluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...