Bücher der Reihe CEU Medievalia

The studies concentrate on a complex set of socio-cultural phenomena, the cult of saints, in a variety of regions from Egypt to Poland, with a focus on Italy and Central Europe. The subjects of the contributions range in time from the fourth until the eighteenth century.

Provides an introduction to the Cyrillic collection, and contains descriptions of the fifty-six Slavonic Cyrillic codices or fragments thereof held by the National Szechenyi Library in Budapest.

Investigating the registers of fifteenth-century supplications to the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See, this title presents an analysis of a multiplicity of issues in which a context of the local needs of Western Christians and the central power of the Pope occurred.

Do the terms `pagan' and `Christian,' `transition from paganism to Christianity' still hold as explanatory devices to apply to the political, religious and cultural transformation experienced Empire-wise?

The studies in this volume concentrate on a complex set of socio-cultural phenomena, the cult of saints, in a variety of regions from Egypt to Poland, with a focus on Italy and Central Europe. The subjects of the contributions range in time from the fourth until the eighteenth century. The diversity of approaches adopted by the contributors-from literary analysis and historical anthropology to archaeology and art history-represents that open and multidisciplinary historical research that characterizes the work of Gábor Klaniczay to whom these essays are dedicated.

This study on the influence of Latin classical texts and traditions in medieval Hungary is based on philological and historical analysis of 11th century sources. It provides important contributions to the philological study of Medieval Latin and the classical tradition in medieval Central Europe. The book includes a bibliography and index.