person
György Martinuzzi
Martinúzi
also: Friar George, Utyeszenics György, Cardinal Martinuzzi
György Martinuzzi (Friar George, 1482–1551), a Pauline monk who became the dominant political figure of early Transylvania as regent and treasurer; his sharp wit and ambition are already visible in Madách's fragment where he appears as a young man in Szapolyai's household.
Reading notes
- Drama Fragments (Five Pieces) §23 Martinúzi
György Martinuzzi (Friar George, 1482–1551), a Croat-Hungarian Pauline monk who became the chief minister of Szapolyai's Hungary and then of Transylvania; one of the most fascinating political figures of 16th-century Hungary. The fragment shows him as a sharp-tongued youth in Szapolyai's household.