ABSTRACT
In Danubian Europe, unlike Western Europe, the general trend of development at the end of the Middle Ages did not favour monarchical power and the reinforcement of the state apparatus. The Hussite revolution, it has been seen, resulted in the emergence of a noble republic. In Austria the division of territory contributed to the growth of federalist sentiment and a provincial administration under the control of the nobility. In Hungary, after the reign of Matthias Corvinus, the first truly modern prince in this part of Europe, the reaction was all the more pronounced and the nobles' triumph all the more complete.
