Tales of immoral friars: morality and religion in an early sixteenth-century Hungarian town.

The article presents an analysis of a case involving the expulsion of some Augustinian friars from a convent in Körmend, Hungary in the early 1500s. They were replaced by Franciscan friars in 1517, following repeated requests by the townspeople. Records of the controversy, saved in the Vatican Library, are cited. These contain detailed accounts of misconduct by the Augustinian friars, presented by several citizens of Körmend during legal proceedings. The Augustinians were charged with failing to fulfill their religious duties, illicit sexual behavior, drunkenness and gambling.