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The standard work for the period is I. Horváth: Az irodalmi műveltség megoszlása (1944). For a summary of Horváth’s views in English, cf. N. Szenczi’s article ‘Hungarian Humanism’ (Hungcirian Quarterly, 1936). J. Huszti: ‘The Beginnings of the Renaissance in Hungary’ (Oxford Hungarian Review, 1923). About the library of King Matthias, Cs. Csapodi et al. eds. Bibliotheca Corviniana: The Library of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (N.Y. ,1969). I. Berkovits: Illuminated Manuscripts in Hungary XI-XVI Centuries (N.Y., 1970), with an excellent introduction.
On Janus Pannonius, cf. T. Kardos: ‘J. P. Poet of the Hungarian Renaissance’ (New Hungarian Quarterly, 1973). Very important in Hungarian, R. Gerézdi: Janus Pannoniustól Balassi Bálintig (1968). Standard biography, J. Huszti: J. P. (Pécs, 1931).
On Stephen Parmenius of Buda: The New Found Land of Stephen Parmenius: The Life and Writings of a Hungarian Poet, Drowned on a Voyage from Newfoundland, 1583. Ed. and translated with commentaries by D. B. Quinn and N. M. Cheshire (U. of Toronto Press, 1972).
Best modern bilingual edition: J. P. munkái latinul és magyarul (1972). English translations by Edwin Morgan in New Hungarian Quarterly (1973).
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