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Antonio Bonfini

Antonio Bonfini (Latin variant: ''Antonius Bonfinius'') (1427‒1502) was an Italian humanist and poet serving as a court historian in Hungary under King Matthias Corvinus during the last years of his career.

Bonfini was commissioned by Matthias Corvinus to produce a work chronicling the History of Hungary. Bonfini's great work is the ''Rerum Hungaricarum decades'' (Decades of Hungarian History). Bonfini gained invaluable merits in the history-writing of Hungary with this work. Until the late 18th century, this work served as a primary source for Hungarian history in European academic circles. Provided by Wikipedia