This room presents the last half century of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Now sharing a border with the Ottoman Empire and threatened by it, the realm was bound to Christian Europe by a thousand ties as regards politics and culture. The court of Matthias Hunyadi (r. 1458–1490) was characterised by the coexistence of Italian Renaissance and Central European Late Gothic stylistic trends. This can be observed on two seats from the very same church.

INTERESTING FACTS:

A royal coat of arms depicted on a building or on a more significant artefact for use did not necessarily mean that the king had commissioned the work, but might indicate that it was created during his reign, as was probably the case with the Late Gothic church stalls from Bártfa bearing the arms of Matthias Hunyadi. 
The letter M on a decoratively painted shield used in Matthias Hunyadi’s army refers to King Matthias himself.
In 1515, a medal was struck to mark the betrothal of King Louis II of Hungary and Mary of Austria.
By means of the inlay decoration favoured at this time, Gothic townscapes featuring towers were depicted on Renaissance furniture, attesting to the mobility of the technique, which came from Italy, and of the masters who practised it.