Battle of Posada
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The Battle of Posada was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I of Hungary. The small Wallachian army led by Basarab, formed of cavalry and foot archers, as well as local peasants, manage
Dezső sacrifices himself protecting Charles Robert, by József Molnár, oil on canvas in 1855
The army of Charles Robert Anjou ambushed by Basarab's army at Posada from Vienna Illuminated Chronicle (1370/1373). The Vlach (Romanian) warriors rolled down rocks over the cliff edges in a place where the Hungarian mounted knights could neither escape from them nor climb the heights to dislodge the Vlach warriors.
The Battle of Posada as depicted in the Viennese Illuminated Chronicle
Battle of Posada as depicted in Johannes de Thurocz's Chronica Hungarorum (1488)
Chronicon Pictum
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The Chronicon Pictum or Illuminated Chronicle is a medieval illustrated chronicle from the Kingdom of Hungary from the 14th century. It represents the artistic style of the royal court of King Louis I
The first page of the Chronicon Pictum. King Louis I on the throne, below the Hungarian Anjou and the Hungarian coat of arms.
King Louis the Great as depicted in the Secretum Secretorum (Secret of Secrets)
King Louis on the Throne
The Historiographer