Johannes de Thurocz

Latin: magister ("judge")

Johannes de Thurocz
The first page of Thuroczy's chronicle
Bornc. 1435
Died1488 or 1489
OccupationHistorian
LanguageLatin
NationalityKingdom of Hungary
Alma materPremonstratensian monastery in Ipolyság
Years active1486 – 1488
Notable worksChronica Hungarorum

Johannes de Thurocz (Hungarian: Thuróczi János; Slovak: Ján z Turca or Ján de Turocz, German: Johannes de Thurocz, variant contemporary spelling: de Thwrocz) (c. 1435 – 1488 or 1489), was a Hungarian historian and the author of the Latin Chronica Hungarorum ("Chronicle of the Hungarians"), the most extensive 15th-century work on Hungary, and the first chronicle of Hungary written by a layman.

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