László Székely, the 18th-century Hungarian translator of De remediis utriusque fortunae
László Székely, the 18th-century Hungarian translator of De remediis utriusque fortunae

Summary/Abstract: An interesting chapter in the European reception of De remediis utriusque fortunae concerns the history of its publication and translation in 18th-century Hungary. In this study, I will first briefly introduce who published Petrarch's handbook in excerpted and complete Latin form, and for what purpose. Against this background, the greatest Hungarian achievement of the era emerges: the only complete Hungarian translation of De remediis to this day. I present in detail the life and other translations and writings of the translator, László Székely. I also present the source of the Latin text used by Székely, the stylistic and rhetorical characteristics of the Hungarian text, and the translator's individual solutions, misunderstandings, and errors

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