Ipsa Sedes Kazon prope terram nostram Moldauiensem sita est: despre călătoria transilvană a regelui Matia Corvin (septembrie-decembrie 1462)
Ipsa Sedes Kazon prope terram nostram Moldauiensem sita est: On the Transylvanian Journey of King Matthias Corvinus (September-December 1462)

Summary/Abstract: In autumn 1462, Matthias Corvinus came to Transylvania for the first time since his royal Hungarian enthronement in early 1458. His Transylvanian journey (early September-mid-December 1462) is best remembered for the “arrest” of Vlad III the Impaller (Dracula) towards the end of November. Allegedly, the deposed voivode of Wallachia, Matthias’ relative (by marriage), had attempted to hand over the Hunyadi monarch to Sultan Mehmed II, who had returned to Wallachia after his summer campaign. A survey of the documents issued by Matthias during his Transylvanian travels might prove relevant in establishing the course of events that led to the king’s decision “to arrest” the voivode, who, upon the king’s return to Buda, saw his life spared and enjoyed certain freedoms.The charter issued by Matthias for the Szekler Seat Caşin, on December 9, 1462, from Mediaş (after the king had returned from the Szeklerland), is of particular importance in this context. On one hand, ipsa Sedes Kazon prope terram nostram Moldauiensem sita est, that this: the said seat was located at the border with ‘our land of Moldavia’, ruled at that time by Stephen III, who had attacked the Wallachian and Danube positions of both Vlad III and Matthias in that summer. On the other hand, the charter offers valuable insights into the complex relations between Szeklers, a highly important entity on both Hungarian and anti-Ottoman soil, not only for Matthias, but also for Pope Pius II and for Vlad III. In effect, the Szeklerland and the Szeklers who enjoyed “autonomous” liberties also on the eastern and the southern slopes of the Carpathians seemingly formed and acted as a “ligament” between the divided principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, Buda’s vassals.

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