CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Silovic, Ana |
|---|---|
| Title | A Portrait of a Penitent |
| Summary | Marko Antun De Dominis (Marcus Antonius de Dominis), Bishop of Senj (Segna), Archbishop of Split (Spalato), primas of the kingdoms of Croatia and Dalmatia made his life fascinating to the posterity not only by his elaborated ideas on the scope of the papal power and Church organization, but, even more, with his deflection from Rome to England 1616 and with his subsequent return to the Roman Catholicism in 1622. The text which he wrote after returning to Rome is the object of this study. The text, titled “ The Second Manifesto of Marcus Antonius De Dominis, Archbishop of Spalato; wherein for his better satisfaction, and the satisfaction of others, he publicly repents, and recounts his former errors, and sets down the cause of his leaving England, and all Protestant Countries, to return unto the Catholic Church" ( Sui reditus ex Anglia Consilium exponit Romae) belongs to the genre of conversion or confession narrative. The main characteristic of this genre is refuting sins of a convert and affirming his newly found true faith. Besides abjuring his sins and heresies, and affirming Roman Catholicism, Marko Antund de Dominis also developed argumentation to diminish the seriousness of his transgressions, and to fashion an image of himself as an old and sick man, of considerable erudition and experience, willing to serve the Roman Catholic Church the best he could. The thesis also shows that the genre of conversion and confession narratives serves not only as a source for studying religious and conversion issues of a chosen time and society but also as a source for studying values appreciated in that society and desirable qualities of a useful member of that group. |
| Supervisor | Riedl, Matthias; Krstic, Tijana |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/silovic_ana.pdf |
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