Matthias Corvinus patronized art and science during the European Renaissance.
Matthias Corvinus . Matthias patronized art and science ; his royal library , the Bibliotheca Corviniana , was one of the largest collections of books in Europe . With his patronage , Hungary became the first country to embrace the Renaissance from Italy . The Renaissance ( [ rᵻˈneɪsəns ] , [ rɛnəˈsɑːns ] ) was a period in European history , from the 14th to the 17th century , regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history .