Vilmos Fraknói

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Vilmos Fraknói.

Vilmos Fraknói (27 February 1843 – 20 November 1924) was a

Hungarian historian.[1]
He was an expert in Hungarian ecclesiastical history.

Life

Vilmos Fraknói (originally Vilmos Frankl) came from a

titular bishop of Arbe
in 1892.

Fraknói began studying Hungarian history at an early age. He published his first work in 1868, at the age of 25, about the life of

János Vitéz and Tamás Bakócz, the Renaissance archbishops of Esztergom
, works written in 1879 and 1889.

In 1875 Fraknói was appointed guardian of the

Hungarian Historical Institute in Rome
.

Work

As a historian, Fraknói was revered for his knowledge of the Hungarian-related documents in the main European archives, especially the archives of Rome, Vienne, Florence, Venice, Naples, Milan, Paris, Munich, Berlin, Kraków, The Hague and Copenhagen. He was a member of several international scientific societies.

Fraknói was the editor of several important series:

  • Értekezések a történettudományok köréből ("Historical Dissertations")
  • Magyar Országgyűlési Emlékek ("Sources of Hungarian Parliamentary History")
  • Monumenta Vaticana

A facsimile edition of the Buda Chronica was published in 1900 by Gusztáv Ranschburg, an introductory study was provided by historian Bishop Vilmos Fraknói.[3][4]

His other famous works are about King

Jagiellos (1896), István Werbőczy (1899) and Ignác Martinovics
(1921).

References

  1. ISBN 978-963-386-218-6
    .
  2. ISBN 978-1-4438-9194-3
    .
  3. ^ András, Hess (1473). Vilmos, Fraknói (ed.). Chronica Hungarorum (PDF) (in Hungarian and Latin) (A Budai krónika: A legrégibb hazai nyomtatványnak a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Könyvtárában levő példánya után készült lenyomata ed.). Budapest: Gusztáv Ranschburg (published 1900).
  4. ISSN 2786-2119
    .


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