CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Eszenyi, Edina |
|---|---|
| Title | Encounters of Saint Michael and the Devil in Medieval Hungary |
| Summary | Angels have attracted scholarly and popular interest from the earliest times, arousing intensive curiosity in medieval Christians either. Michael, the most illustrious among them, took the centre of attention throughout the Middle Ages. The archangel’s significance was justified by a number of saintly and angelic duties and merits, including the fight against the forces of evil. The devil manifests itself in a variety of roles around him, more than around any other saint: he is fighting, when not being able to fight he goes in for subtle ways of cheating; when not engaged in any action he is debating the archangel; and eventually falls - the embodiment of doubt beside Saint Michael, who gives the archangel the chance to demonstrate the very existence if not the strength and power of faith. The thesis makes a contribution to the research on the cult of Saint Michael in medieval Hungary by tracing the warrior profile of the archangel, as mirrored by textual and pictorial traces of his encounters with the devil. |
| Supervisor | Klaniczay, Gabor |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/eszenyi_edina.pdf |
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