🎙️ Episode 8 – The Battle of Mohács: Cavalry, Chaos, and Collapse

In this episode of the Hungarian History Podcast, we take you to one of the most tragic—and misunderstood—days in Central European history.

August 29, 1526.
On the fields of Mohács, the fate of a kingdom is decided in just a few brutal hours.

But this is not just the story of defeat.
It is a story of warhorses and riders, of elite Hungarian knights and overconfident warriors, of strategy, panic, and unexpected strength.

We’ll explore how the Hungarian cavalry fought with deadly precision, how their tactics almost turned the tide, and why the death of King Lajos (Louis) II changed everything.

🎧 Listen now to discover the real story behind the Battle ofMohács.
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🔥EPISODE 7: Gold & Blood – The 36-Year War BeforeMohács🔥

"The Borderland never slept. For 30 years, heroes held theline—outnumbered, underpaid, but never broken, whilekings were betrayed, treasuries looted, and Europe looked away."This episode shatters the myths:

⚔️ Queen Beatrix's schemes. Kinizsi's betrayal. HowMátyás' legacy was stolen⚔️ The Jagellonian "Weakness" Lie – Why Ulászló II and Lajos II were not the fools history painted them to be
⚔️ Kinizsi. Korvin János. Berislavić. The commanders who fought relentless wars while Buda’s nobles bickered
⚔️ 1,000+ villages burned. 80+ battles. The untold cost ofholding the frontier against the Ottomans

⚔️ Habsburg Mary emptying the treasury as the Fuggersseized Hungary's silver
⚔️ France + Venice + The Pope – How the League of Cognac sided with the Ottomans⚔️ How Hungary’s own elite sabotaged their kings—and signed Mohács’ death warrant

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Next time: The Battle of Mohács. The mysterious death of the king.

In this special episode, I talk with Katerina Dunne, author of the historical novel Lord of the Eyrie.
Set in the time of Hunyadi János, her story brings 15th-century Hungary to life, told through the eyes of both a nobleman and his wife, caught in the chaos of war, politics, and survival.

Katerina is a Greek-born writer who lived in Ireland for 25 years and recently moved to Cyprus.
She learned Hungarian, fell in love with our history, and now shares it with the world in English.
We talk about her creative journey, historical reenactment, buhurt fighting, and why this era still matters today.

Katerina’s books are available in English, Hungarian, and German:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Eyrie-Katerina-Dunne/dp/0578355442/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rASErIR_HqmItUHB3KJirBrecwhGT_XBNpY9oQCYTaaDX29G4umIuCotudSJRtaX38rj-U3QJxW-HUWHdMx0mA.FI1AA3M-KQR4L0Hs88e7qJSkbgVE9ShHZ3-uep5B72U&qid=1748717721&sr=8-1

German:

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Katerina-Dunne-ebook/dp/B0D9S2VV2N?ref_=saga_dp_bnx_dsk_dp

and Hungarian:

⁠https://www.lira.hu/hu/konyv/szepirodalom/sasfeszek-ura#