Vilmos Fraknói

He published his first work in 1868, at the age of 25, about the life of Péter Pázmány – the greatest figure of Hungarian Counter-Reformation – in three volumes.

[2] He wrote about other famous Catholic personalities, like János Vitéz and Tamás Bakócz, the Renaissance archbishops of Esztergom, works written in 1879 and 1889.

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.

Fraknói was the editor of several important series: 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 Louis II of Hungary (1878), the age of the Hunyadis and Jagiellos (1896), István Werbőczy (1899) and Ignác Martinovics (1921).