Dr. Gabriella Erdelyi Professor Giorgio Caravale Professor Ralph Keen
In 1517, the usually tranquil friary in the Hungarian town of KArmend found itself at the centre of controversy when its Augustinian friars, charged with drunkenness, sexual abuses and liturgical negligence, were driven out and replaced with observant Franciscans. The agent of change in this conflict, cardinal Thomas BakA3cz, claimed to be acting in the name of 'cloister reform' motivated by a religious agenda, while the Augustinians portrayed themselves as the victims of a political game. Based on the surviving interrogations of a papal enquiry into these events, this book illuminates the...
In 1517, the usually tranquil friary in the Hungarian town of KArmend found itself at the centre of controversy when its Augustinian friars, charged w...
