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Pražské benediktinky mezi klášterem a světem. Klauzura ve svatojiřském opatství ve středověku.

Authors :
PACOVSKÝ, KAREL
Source :
Czech Historical Review; 2024, Issue 3, p467-486, 20p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The study focuses on the issue of monastic enclosure in St. George's Abbey at Prague Castle. It gathers sources related to the contacts of Prague Benedictine nuns with the outside world and examines how their separation from the world evolved from the beginnings of the convent in the 10<superscript>th</superscript> century to the enforcement of strict enclosure in the first third of the 17<superscript>th</superscript> century, which was accompanied by extensive architectural modifications influenced by the Council of Trent. Special attention is given to the visitation of the monastery by Cardinal Guido in 1143, which may have resulted in the initial tightening or introduction of enclosure, though not comparable to later regulations. Based on this finding, it newly interprets the account of the siege and fire of Prague Castle in 1142 from the addition to the Annals of the so-called Vyšehrad Canon as an effort to legitimize monastic reforms through miracles associated with the relics of the abbey's patron saint, St. Ludmila. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
Czech
ISSN :
08626111
Issue :
3
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Czech Historical Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
181593322
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.56514/cch.122.03.01