ABSTRACT
On May 17, the interrogation ended with the collective morning visit by all participants to the cloister. The visit served as visual support of the oral evidence. 1 While afterward the witnesses dispersed in several directions, the bishop and the notary departed again for Buda. Exactly one month later they appeared in the residence of Bishop Szatmári 2 in order to present him with the results of their work, by this time in the form of a neatly transcribed protocol. They must have spent a very pleasant morning together, as they were all old colleagues and perhaps also friends, even if not equal in rank. The two judges whom Szatmári delegated in his place, Mihály Vitéz and Márton Attádi, belonged to the intermingling circles of the two most important prelate-politicians of central government, Cardinal Bakócz and Bishop Szatmári, similar to Márton Újhelyi, who joined the company as Erdődy’s advocate, as well as Miletinczi, the notary. 3 While they arranged their business, Szatmári adding his report to the protocol and sealing it with his stamp, they may have discussed not only their experiences with regard to the Körmend affair but probably also recalled the time they had spent together in Rome in the early 1510s. Finally, they dispatched an envoy carrying the protocol to the pope. 4
