"As for Mattia in Hungary and Transylvania, if as king of Hungary he had an interest in enlarging this kingdom with the loss of the Romanians on this side of the Carpathians, where was his feeling of nationality towards those there ? No political rights for them, except if they abandoned Orthodoxy, and consequently their nationality. Because of this persecution, all the illustrious Romanian families of Transylvania, having become Catholic, are today considered as Hungarian families. Let those who have an interest in John and Matthias Corvin be glorified, for the Romanians in general cannot say anything more about them than what the Greeks can say about those among them who have embraced Islamism and are now Pashas and Viziers. (pp. 130-131)"
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