A Cloister on Trial: Religious Culture and Everyday Life in Late Medieval Hungary

by Gabriella Erdaelyi and Gabriella Erdelyi

In 1517, the usually tranquil friary in the Hungarian town of K rmend 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 Bak cz, claimed to be acting in the name of 'cloister reform' motivated by a religious agenda, while the Augustinians portrayed themselves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409467597
• ISBN13: 9781409467595
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"