Stephen Sisa : The Spirit of Hungary

10. HUNGARIAN POWER UNDER THE ANJOU KINGS

I Róbert Károly: A King with a Midas Touch * "Silver Branch" of Pure Gold * Affair at Visegrád

II Nagy Lajos * A Peaceful King - at War * Italian Intermezzo and Intrigue * The Black Plague Strikes * Some to Fight, Some to Toil * Cultural Dividends from the "Italian Connection" * Peace for Hungary in a Turbulent Europe * The Sack of Canossa - a short story by Mór Jókai

11. JÁNOS HUNYADI: DEFENDER OF CHRISTENDOM

His Origin Contested * A Born Soldier * The Turks are Coming! * Warfare Hunyadi-style * The "Death" of János Hunyadi * A Mistaken Prophecy * "That Damned Devil, Jankó" * Fatal Royal Blunders * Drakul, the Turncoat * The Fall of Constantinople * Hungary under the Crescent's Shadow * The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) * The Final Assault * "Miracle" Accomplished * Te Deums Followed by Requiems

12. DARK PRELUDE TO A GLORIOUS ERA (The Tragedy of László Hunyadi)

The Drama Unfolds * Act One * Act Two * Act Three * Act Four * Act Five * Epilogue

13. MÁTYÁS: THE RENAISSANCE KING

A "Glorified" Prisoner * The Trouble with the Uncle * A Foxy Trio against Mátyás * The "Black Army" * The Art of Raising Taxes * Bohemia: Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block? * A Love Affair - with Consequences * A Conspiracy Foiled by Kindness * Siege "in Reverse" at Breslau * The Pull of the Renaissance * Triumph at Kenyérmező * Mátyás in Vienna * Mátyás "the Just"

14. "PEASANT KING" ON A FIERY THRONE

The "Hungarian Wolsey" (Tamás Bakócz) * Crusade Unwelcome by Landowners * From Nobleman to Peasant Leader * The Crusade Becomes a Peasant Rebellion * Showdown at Temesvár * Revenge Runs Amok

15. MOHÁCS-GRAVEYARD OF GREATNESS

An Heir Born too Soon * The Playboy King * The Gathering Storm * The 77-day March * Too Little, Too Late... Again * Playboy Dies Like a King

Stephen Sisa : The Spirit of Hungary