CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Dragulinescu, Stefan Alexandru |
|---|---|
| Title | Thomas of Hereford's Miracles |
| Summary | In the present thesis I look at how the tension between Augustine and the Augustinian understanding of miracles, on the one hand, and the thirteenth-century Aristotelians’ views, on the other, can shed light on a Curial manuscript involved in the canonization of Thomas of Hereford, and discussing the miracles attributed to Thomas of Hereford. The main question I address is whether the tension between the two views on miracles (one centred on wonder, on the “subjective” side, the other on causes, on the “objective” side) shed light on a certain conceptual inconsistency that can be noticed in the respective manuscript. I suggest that it does and that the very crux of the text – the alternation of passages betraying a stern, critical, “empirically minded” evaluation of miracles with passages in which miracles are accepted at face value, appealing to quotations from Augustine and early medieval thinkers or the existence of precedents in the lives of previous saints – can thus be plausibly explained. |
| Supervisor | Perczel,István; Gabor Klaniczay; Gabor |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/dragulinescu_stefan.pdf |
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