The Dominican Order gradually evolved rules governing contact between a Dominican pastor and a woman penitent. In the context of these rules, the care given to Catherine of Siena as reported by Raymund of Capua and as confirmed in the letters of Catherine herself can only be termed irregular. The paper attempts to identify the principles underlying and legitimating pastoral irregularity.

This paper endeavors to examine the mechanisms by which the crown of France was able to subsume the region of Languedoc in the wake of the Albigensian Crusade in the thirteenth century. The systematic use of Catholic doctrine and an inquisition run by the Dominican Order of Preachers allowed France to dominate the populace of the region and destroy any indigenous social, economic, and political structures.

This paper endeavors to examine the mechanisms by which the crown of France was able to subsume the region of Languedoc in the wake of the Albigensian Crusade in the thirteenth century. The systematic use of Catholic doctrine and an inquisition run by the Dominican Order of Preachers allowed France to dominate the populace of the region and destroy any indigenous social, economic, and political structures.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2017-05-30T16:52:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Jo?o Guilherme Lisb?a Rangel.pdf: 1203136 bytes, checksum: 2e2bcf0c63342a558fa64e340c1ae2b4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-30T16:52:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Jo?o Guilherme Lisb?a Rangel.pdf: 1203136 bytes, checksum: 2e2bcf0c63342a558fa64e340c1ae2b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-13 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / This paper aims at analyzing the cases of heresy found in the Golden Legend, which was compiled by Jacobus de Voragine. This collection of hagiographies was compiled in the second half of the thirteenth century and it was extremely successful back then. Over a thousand manuscripts in Latin and several translations to vernacular languages confirm its success. The objective of our research was to demonstrate that heresy is not a minor theme in the Golden Legend. First, we identified the texts in which cases of heresy were mentioned. Then, we came to the conclusion that this theme is major not because of its many occurrences, but due to the circumstances in which theses cases were cited - circumstances involving the Dominican Order fighting heresies (especially Catharism), preaching and writing History / A presente disserta??o analisa os casos de heresia na Legenda ?urea, obra do dominicano Jacopo de Varazze. Datada da segunda metade do s?culo XIII, esta obra gozou de profundo sucesso em sua ?poca como atestam mais de mil manuscritos latinos, bem como as tradu??es para l?nguas vern?culas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi demonstrar que a heresia n?o ? um tema menor na Legenda ?urea e isto foi feito, primeiramente, a partir da identifica??o de passagens que fazem refer?ncia aos casos de heresia. Demonstramos que a abrang?ncia do tema n?o se verifica apenas por suas recorr?ncias na fonte, mas, principalmente, pelos momentos em que aparecia na documenta??o, muito pr?ximos ao cerne da atua??o pastoral dominicana a que Jacopo de Varazze estava ligado de forma destacada: 1) as passagens relativas ao combate ?s heresias (especialmente a c?tara); 2) a prega??o; 3) a escrita da hist?ria.

During the later part of the 13th century, two female convents of the Dominican order were founded in the realm of Sweden, both in the diocese of Linköping. The Dominican order first came to Sweden as early as in the 1220’s, and the history of the brothers’ convents has been described to a much greater extent – at least up to the end of the 14th century –than the history of the sisters. Therefore, a conclusive history of the female convents is still lacking. In this master thesis, I aim to describe the foundation and the history of the Swedish sisters of the Order of Preachers from around 1270 to the closing of the convents in the Reformation Era, around 1540, and also attempt to clarify who the benefactors of the convents were. In part due to the fervour of the reformators, there is a substantial deficiency when it comes to source material pertaining to the Dominican order’s history in Sweden and especially concerning the sisters’ convents. I will therefore try to compile all available relevant source material, in order to build a comprehensive picture of the history of the convents. This is however not enough when it comes to describing the everyday life of the sisters. To this end, it becomes necessary to partake of research concerning the female convents of the Order of Preachers and the spiritual development in the rest of Europe, mainly in France, Germany and Italy, and compare it to what the Swedish source material can reveal. This research will also be used as a comparison with prominent features in the Swedish convents. Primarily the Swedish source material consists of charters and annals, but there are also some literary sources that will come into consideration. The theoretical framework discusses the possibilities of applying gender theory to the history of the sisters’ convents, furthermore a sociological approach to networks of families as well as any possible mentalities that could have influenced medieval women in their decision to enter a monastery. Certain modern research on Swedish female monasteries of different orders, or with a different historical aim from the one applied in this thesis, will also be discussed. The conclusions reached are that a modified version of gender theory might possibly be applied to the results, furthermore that there were visible connections between the patrons of the convents even though they are difficult to interpret, and that the mentality of women has to be taken into consideration when trying to outline the history of medieval monasteries. Another conclusion is that there still remains a great academic effort to establish and write the history of the Order of Preachers in Sweden in the middle ages, and the Orders’ impact on society, in its entirety.

Die Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit dem Partikularrecht mittelalterlicher Ordensgemeinschaften, wobei im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung ein struktureller Vergleich der Statuten und Konstitutionen ausgewählter religiöser Orden und Kommunitäten des Hoch- und Spätmittelalters steht. Vom ius commune blieb das Recht der Orden recht unberührt, wobei einer der Gründe - neben der unüberschaubaren Vielfalt - die den Orden vom Papst zugebilligte weitgehende Rechtsautonomie gewesen sein dürfte. Die Orden nutzten diesen Freiraum in extensiver Weise und schufen sich eigene partikulare Rechtstexte. Zu den basalen Normen der hochmittelalterlichen Orden und Gemeinschaften gehören die Regel, sodann consuetudines, Statuten und weitere normative Texte. Es hat jedoch den Anschein, dass für die Zeitgenossen oft keine klaren Unterscheidungsmerkmale zwischen den verschiedenen Bezeichnungen existierten. Der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner der bisherigen Forschung für eine Definition von Statutentexten ist wohl der, dass es sich um schriftliche, im Konsens gesatzte, in die Zukunft wirkende Normen handelt. Die Studie soll diese Auslegung überprüfen und genauer bestimmen. Dabei wird ein möglichst breiter Vergleich der Statutentexte verschiedener mittelalterlicher Orden und Religiosengemeinschaften angestrebt. Hierbei muss freilich auch auf die Eigenheiten und unterschiedlichen Verfassungsstrukturen der Verbände eingegangen werden, um zum einen diejenigen Institutionen zu beschreiben, welche legislative Kompetenzen besaßen und zum anderen zu erörtern, wie stark diese Befugnisse jeweils ausgeprägt waren. Ein weiterer Schritt ist schließlich die vergleichende Untersuchung der Texte selbst sein. Hierbei steht weniger der inhaltliche, sondern vielmehr der strukturelle Vergleich im Vordergrund, um Aussagen zum Typus ‚Statut‘ treffen zu können. Das heißt, dass Aufbau und Anlagemethode der Texte sowie ihr eigentümlicher Duktus beziehungsweise Formulierungsmuster beleuchtet werden. Im Ergebnis zeigen sich vergleichend unterschiedliche Entwicklungen und Strukturmuster auf.

Die Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit dem Partikularrecht mittelalterlicher Ordensgemeinschaften, wobei im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung ein struktureller Vergleich der Statuten und Konstitutionen ausgewählter religiöser Orden und Kommunitäten des Hoch- und Spätmittelalters steht. Vom ius commune blieb das Recht der Orden recht unberührt, wobei einer der Gründe - neben der unüberschaubaren Vielfalt - die den Orden vom Papst zugebilligte weitgehende Rechtsautonomie gewesen sein dürfte. Die Orden nutzten diesen Freiraum in extensiver Weise und schufen sich eigene partikulare Rechtstexte. Zu den basalen Normen der hochmittelalterlichen Orden und Gemeinschaften gehören die Regel, sodann consuetudines, Statuten und weitere normative Texte. Es hat jedoch den Anschein, dass für die Zeitgenossen oft keine klaren Unterscheidungsmerkmale zwischen den verschiedenen Bezeichnungen existierten. Der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner der bisherigen Forschung für eine Definition von Statutentexten ist wohl der, dass es sich um schriftliche, im Konsens gesatzte, in die Zukunft wirkende Normen handelt. Die Studie soll diese Auslegung überprüfen und genauer bestimmen. Dabei wird ein möglichst breiter Vergleich der Statutentexte verschiedener mittelalterlicher Orden und Religiosengemeinschaften angestrebt. Hierbei muss freilich auch auf die Eigenheiten und unterschiedlichen Verfassungsstrukturen der Verbände eingegangen werden, um zum einen diejenigen Institutionen zu beschreiben, welche legislative Kompetenzen besaßen und zum anderen zu erörtern, wie stark diese Befugnisse jeweils ausgeprägt waren. Ein weiterer Schritt ist schließlich die vergleichende Untersuchung der Texte selbst sein. Hierbei steht weniger der inhaltliche, sondern vielmehr der strukturelle Vergleich im Vordergrund, um Aussagen zum Typus ‚Statut‘ treffen zu können. Das heißt, dass Aufbau und Anlagemethode der Texte sowie ihr eigentümlicher Duktus beziehungsweise Formulierungsmuster beleuchtet werden. Im Ergebnis zeigen sich vergleichend unterschiedliche Entwicklungen und Strukturmuster auf.

Metoděj Habáň (1899-1984): A Probe into the History of Czech Neothomism Abstract The thesis is focused on the depiction of the life and work of Metoděj Habáň (1899-1984), Czech Dominican priest and philosopher. It follows two main goals: First, it strives to present accurate reconstruction of Habáň's life and his involvement in the Czech Church and society. Secondly, it presents Metoděj Habáň's thinking as a specific type of Thomism and analyse his work in the context of the paradigmatic changes, which the Church and society went throught in the 20th century. The thesis is therefore divided into two main parts - first is focused on Habáň's life, second on his work. In the first chapter it present main sources of inspiration for his work and thinking. In the following chapters it describes his life journey, beginning with his studies and spiritual formation within the Dominican order. It continues with his role in the inner life of the order in the position of Novice Master and Prior Provincial (1938-1942). Attention is also paid to his involvement in the public life of the interwar society. In the period after the second world war we follow Metoděj Habáň to Litoměřice, a town in northwest Bohemia and we describe his imprisonment in the 1950s and subsequently his involvement in public life in the 1960s. His...

The Convent of Dominicans on the Hare Island in Budapest. The topic of the master thesis is the architectural analysis of the Nunnery of Dominicans on the Hare Island in Budapest, which was established with Bela the IV. to his daughter Margaret - later Saint Margeret of Hungary. The Nunnery was originated around the middle of the 13th century (the most probably between 1246-1252). And is presented as an example of the archtitecture of Nunnery of the Orders of Dominicans in Europe. This master thesis presents the history of this Nunnery and also the origin of the guild of the nunnery. The guild was working all around Buda for the king of Hungary - Béla IV. Some of the Hungarian Art Historians think, that the guild originally came to Hungary after they finished their works on the Nunnery of the Cistercianer Order in Porta Coeli in Tišnov near Brno. The person of Saint Margaret of Hungary and her Cult in Hungary and Europe is also discussed in this master thesis.

Les sociétés européennes du XVe siècle sont marquées par de profondes transformations sociales, culturelles, mais aussi religieuses : une grande vague de réforme traverse alors tous les ordres réguliers. Les tenants de ce que l’on va bientôt appeler « l’Observance » prônent un respect plus rigoureux de la règle tout en s’engageant dans la pastorale des laïcs, à une époque où les crises se succèdent au sein de l’Eglise séculière. Les religieuses prennent une part active à ce mouvement. Les moniales dominicaines, inspirées notamment par l’enseignement de Catherine de Sienne, commencent leur réforme dès 1385. Celle-ci se traduit par une réaffirmation de leur rôle contemplatif au sein de l’Ordre des Prêcheurs et par l’élaboration de normes très sévères concernant la clôture, perçue comme la manifestation visible de leur consécration totale à Dieu. La diffusion des monastères de stricte clôture, à une époque où les béguines et les pénitentes sont encore nombreuses au sein des villes, marque les esprits. L’Observance ne peut, d’ailleurs, être comprise en-dehors du contexte social dans laquelle elle s’insère, c’est pourquoi nous nous sommes intéressés à la composition sociale de deux communautés observantes de Dominicaines italiennes. Les religieuses prises en compte dans notre étude (de 1385 à 1461) sont, en grande majorité, issues de familles de la bourgeoisie urbaine (banquiers, membres des professions savantes ou riches artisans) ; elles sont aussi, le plus souvent, veuves. Peu à peu cependant, les premières moniales sont remplacées par d’autres membres de leur famille, en particulier des jeunes filles non destinées au mariage, que leurs parents établissent ainsi honorablement. La réforme observante doit donc son succès non seulement à son message prônant le renouveau de l’Eglise et de la société chrétienne, mais aussi au fait qu’elle a répondu aux nouvelles exigences d’une classe dirigeante élargie et urbanisée : les murs de la clôture protègent l’honneur de femmes célibataires de plus en plus nombreuses, tout en rendant visible leur consécration au sein d’une société où chacun se doit de remplir les devoirs correspondant à son état. / During the XVth century, European societies got transformed by deep social, cultural but also religious evolutions. A great reform movement spread through all the regular religious orders. The supporters of this movement, quickly called the “Observance” , were asking for a more rigorous respect of the Rule; they were also involved in the secular Church, trying to make up for the several crisis it was undergoing at the moment. Religious women took an active part in this movement. Dominican nuns, inspired by Catherine of Siena’s teaching, began to reform their monasteries in 1385: they reaffirmed their contemplative role within the Order of Preachers and elaborated some very strict new norms of enclosure, considered as a the visible sign of their total consecration to God. The diffusion of these new monasteries strictly enclosed, while beguines and penitent women were still numerous in the cities, was an outstanding fact for contemporary people. The Observance indeed has to be considered and studied within its social context. That is why we paid attention to the social composition of two italian observant communities of Dominican nuns (until 1461). The religious women taken into account in our study were mainly coming from non-noble but rich families (bankers, members of intellectual professions, rich artisans). Most of them were widow women. Thus, little by little, the first reformers nuns were replaced by other members of their families, mostly young brides that would not have been married, and whose parents considered observant monasteries as an honourable refuges. The Observant reform’s success is not only due to its message on the Church and Christian Society revival, but also to the answer it gave to the new requests of an enlarged and urbanized ruling class. The walls of the enclosed convents were indeed supposed to preserve the honour of a growing number of non-married women, making visible to external people their consecrated life in a society in which everybody was supposed to do the duty corresponding to its own status. / Le società europee del Quattrocento sono segnate da profonde mutazioni sociali, culturali, e anche religiose. Un movimento di riforma, che presto verrà chiamato “osservanza”, appare in quasi tutti gli ordini religiosi. Gli Osservanti promuovono il rispetto stretto della Regola, senza staccarsi però dal mondo dei laici nel quale si impegnano, cercando di rimediare alle difficoltà della Chiesa secolare, allora in crisi. Le religiose partecipano attivamento al movimento. Le monache domenicane, fedeli all’insegnamento di Caterina da Siena, cominciano a riformare le loro comunità a partire del 1385. La loro riforma consiste nella reaffermazione del loro ruolo contemplativo all’interno dell’Ordine dei Predicatori e nell’elaborazione di nuove e severissime norme di clausura, considerata come la manifestazione visibile della loro consacrazione totale a Dio. La diffusione dei monasteri di stretta clausura nelle città quattrocentesche in cui beghine e penitenti sono ancora numerose colpisce molto i contemporanei. L’Osservanza infatti non puo essere capita senza prendere in considerazione il contesto sociale in cui si è sviluppata; abbiamo dunque studiato con particolare interesse la composizione sociale di due comunità osservanti di Domenicane italiane. Le religiose censite nel nostro studio (dal 1385 al 1461) provengono, per la maggior parte, da ricche famiglie borghesi (banchieri, membri delle professioni intellettuali, ricchi artigiani); sono anche molto spesso vedove. Tuttavia, a poco a poco, vengono sostituite da altre donne provenienti dalle stesse famiglie, soprattutto giovani ragazze non destinate al matrimonio i cui genitori considerano il monastero osservante come un luogo sicuro e prestigioso. Il successo della riforma osservante, quindi, non è dovuto solo alle predicazioni dei suoi sostenitori sulla rinascità della Chiesa e della società cristiana, ma anche al fatto che la riforma sia andata incontro alle nuove esigenze di una classe dirigente più larga e più urbanizzata: i muri della clausura proteggono infatti l’onore delle sempre più numerose donne celibi, e rendono visibile la loro consecrazione in una società in cui tutti devono adempiere i doveri del proprio stato.