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Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullium: Ferenc Hunyadi’s 1583 epic poem about Stephen Báthory Cover

Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullium: Ferenc Hunyadi’s 1583 epic poem about Stephen Báthory

By: Dávid Molnár  
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|Dec 2025

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