The Tsangos of Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

4. Bogdán voivode of Máramaros 1359-13655. Lackó 1365-1373The troops, sent by king Lajos in 1343, after completelydriving out the Tartars, named Drágos as the Voivode ofMoldavia which was under the authority of the Hungarian king.Szász and Balk followed him. In 1359, Bogdan, who was theVoivode of Máramaros went to Moldavia, defeated the king'sarmy stationed there, drove Balk away, and made himselfVoivode of Moldavia. In 1370, his son Lackó, who was willingto leave the pagan ways of his ancestors asked the pope for abishopric in Szeret (Siret). On the 9th of March, 1371, Andrásbecame the first bishop of Szeret. In the same year, Lackósurrendered to the king and as a sign of his faithfulness, hestarted to pay taxes. With the death of Lackó, the connection ofHungary and Moldavia became weaker and the relationship withPoland grew stronger. Both Petru Musat and Roman Voivodeswere the people of the Polish king. Many new metropolitanswere established, but at the same time in 1410 the fifth bishopricwas established in Moldvabánya.HUSSITE MOVEMENTSJohn Huss, introduced new teachings in 14oo, whichspread like wildfire all over the country. But as soon as thesenew teachings appeared, the church started the persecution ofit's members. Those people who had accepted the teachings, hadto escape and Moldavia was open since there they werewelcome. This is when the town Husz /Husi/ was built. Animportant part of the teachings of Huss was, that preaching andreading the Bible, had to be in the mother tongue and since atthat time the Bible wasn't translated into Hungarian, TamásPécsi and Bálint Újlaki set to it at once. Although the originaltranslation was not found by the historians, copies remained inthe Vienna-codex, München-codex, and in the Apor-codex.The number of those who accepted the dogmas of Huss,was enormous in Moldavia. Apart from the movement, we findthat at the time newer and newer towns and villages are settled,and from the turn of the century we know the names of Bratilla,Mánfalva, Vasló, Bersence, and Leontinfalva villages. In 1408,newer villages can be found on the map and these are Tatros,Bákó, and Románvásár. Then in 1420, still other village names