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 | | Péter Ilosvai Selymes was the author of a romance, Az híres nevezetes Toldi Miklósnak jeles cselekedetirol (1574; "The Story of the Remarkable Nicholas Toldi's Extraordinary and Brave Deeds"), which achieved great popularity in Hungary and served as a basis for a masterpiece by János Arany in the 19th century. |
 | | This romance was the one original piece in the flow of the mere entertainment literature characteristic of the 16th century, the principal genre of which was the széphistória ("beautiful story"), adapted from western European originals. |
 | | Among the most absorbing are the autobiography of the well-traveled Miklós Bethlen, a leading Transylvanian statesman, and the confessions and memoirs (written in Latin and French, respectively) of Ferenc Rákóczi II, exiled prince of Transylvania and leader of the anti-Habsburg insurrection of 1703-11. |
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