Editing Attila (section)

=== Attila and Hun tradition in the medieval Hungarian Royal Court ===
[[File:Képes krónika - 10.oldal - Attila király a trónuson.jpg|thumb|King Attila on the throne ([[Chronicon Pictum]], 1358).]]
The basic premise of the Hungarian medieval chronicle tradition that the [[Huns]], i.e. the [[Hungarians]] coming out twice from [[Scythians|Scythia]], the guiding principle of the chronicles was the Hun-Hungarian continuity.<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Dr. Szabados |first=György |url=http://real-j.mtak.hu/13031/1/EPA00001_ITK_1998_05-06.pdf |title=Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények, 102 (5–6) |publisher=MTA Irodalomtudományi Intézet (Institute for Literary Studies of Hungarian Academy of Sciences) |year=1998 |pages=615–641 |language=hu |chapter=A krónikáktól a Gestáig – Az előidő-szemlélet hangsúlyváltásai a 15–18. században |trans-chapter=From the chronicles to the Gesta – Shifts in emphasis of the pre-time perspective in the 15th–18th centuries |issn=0021-1486 |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/28283729}}</ref> The Hungarian state founder royal dynasty, the [[Árpád dynasty]] claimed to be a direct descendant of the great Hun leader Attila.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Neparáczki |first1=Endre |last2=Maróti |first2=Zoltán |last3=Kalmár |first3=Tibor |last4=Maár |first4=Kitti |last5=Nagy |first5=István |last6=Latinovics |first6=Dóra |last7=Kustár |first7=Ágnes |last8=Pálfi |first8=György |last9=Molnár |first9=Erika |last10=Marcsik |first10=Antónia |last11=Balogh |first11=Csilla |last12=Lőrinczy |first12=Gábor |last13=Tomka |first13=Péter |last14=Kovacsóczy |first14=Bernadett |last15=Kovács |first15=László |date=12 November 2019 |title=Y-chromosome haplogroups from Hun, Avar and conquering Hungarian period nomadic people of the Carpathian Basin |journal=Scientific Reports |last16=Török |first16=Tibor|volume=9 |issue=1 |page=16569 |doi=10.1038/s41598-019-53105-5 |pmid=31719606 |pmc=6851379 |bibcode=2019NatSR...916569N }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Neparáczki |first1=Endre |last2=Maróti |first2=Zoltán |last3=Kalmár |first3=Tibor |last4=Kocsy |first4=Klaudia |last5=Maár |first5=Kitti |last6=Bihari |first6=Péter |last7=Nagy |first7=István |last8=Fóthi |first8=Erzsébet |last9=Pap |first9=Ildikó |last10=Kustár |first10=Ágnes |last11=Pálfi |first11=György |last12=Raskó |first12=István |last13=Zink |first13=Albert |last14=Török |first14=Tibor |date=18 October 2018 |title=Mitogenomic data indicate admixture components of Central-Inner Asian and Srubnaya origin in the conquering Hungarians |journal= PLOS ONE|volume=13 |issue=10 |pages=e0205920 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0205920 |pmid=30335830 |pmc=6193700 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1305920N |doi-access=free }}</ref> Medieval Hungarian chronicles claimed that Grand Prince [[Árpád|Árpád of Hungary]] was the descendant of Attila.<ref name=":0" />

{{Blockquote|''In the 401st year of Our Lord's birth, in the 28th year since the arrival of the Hungarians in Pannonia, according to the custom of the Romans, the Huns, namely the Hungarians exalted Attila as king above themselves, the son of Bendegúz, who was before among the captains. And he made his brother Buda a prince and a judge from the River Tisza to the River Don. Calling himself the King of the Hungarians, the Fear of the World, the Scourge of God: Attila, King of the Huns, Medes, Goths and Danes…''|[[Mark of Kalt]]: ''[[Chronicon Pictum]]''<ref name="mek.oszk.hu">''Mark of Kalt: Chronicon Pictum'' https://mek.oszk.hu/10600/10642/10642.htm</ref>}}

[[Árpád]], Grand Prince of the Hungarians says in the ''[[Gesta Hungarorum]]'':{{Blockquote|''The land stretching between the Danube and the Tisza used to belong to my forefather, the mighty Attila.''|[[Anonymus (notary of Béla III)|Anonymus]]: ''[[Gesta Hungarorum]]''<ref name="discovery.ucl.ac.uk">''Anonymus, Notary of King Béla: The Deeds of the Hungarians'' https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/18975/1/18975.pdf</ref>}}

King [[Matthias Corvinus|Matthias of Hungary]] (1458–1490) was happy to be described as "the second Attila".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Malcolm |first=Noel |title=Useful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450–1750 |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2019 |isbn=978-0198830139 |quote=In Hungary, King Matthias Corvinus (r. 1458–90) was happy to be described as 'the second Attila', and the tradition of identifying the Hungarians with 'Scythian' Huns, already present in the writings of earlier Hungarian chroniclers but greatly strengthened in his reign, would continue for hundreds of years.}}</ref> The ''[[Chronica Hungarorum]]'' by [[Johannes de Thurocz|Johannes Thuróczy]] set the goal of glorifying Attila, which was undeservedly neglected, moreover, he introduced the famous "Scourge of God" characterization to the later Hungarian writers, because the earlier chronicles remained hidden for a long time. Thuróczy worked hard to endear Attila, the Hun king with an effort far surpassing his predecessor chroniclers. He made Attila a model for his victorious ruler, King Matthias of Hungary who had Attila's abilities, with this he almost brought "the hammer of the world" to life.<ref name=":32" />