CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Pető, Zsuzsa Eszter |
|---|---|
| Title | THE MEDIEVAL LANDSCAPE OF THE PAULINE MONASTERIES IN THE PILIS FOREST |
| Summary | Present research focuses on the identifiable features of the Pauline monastic space (Holy Cross, Holy Spirit, and St. Ladislaus Monasteries) in the medieval Pilis royal forest, which was part of the medieval medium regni, the heart of the Hungarian kingdom. The research of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit always paid a special attention to a historical approach, partly archaeological and architectural as well, but other features, which were existing around a monastery, e.g. remains of fishponds, dikes, mills, roads, were only marginally mentioned. In the past few years the Pauline monastic space of the Zemplén and partly the Bakony region were recorded, which proves that these features are still recognizable in the landscape. The paper argues that in the Pilis royal forest, as a wooded area until the modern ages, the features of the Pauline monastic space were preserved, thus they are describable and have a special value by a systematic analysis and a complex approach (historical, archaeological, spatial) on digital platform, by using GIS software. The spatial dimensions (location, role, circumstances of daily life) of Pauline monasteries’, are also correlating with the large-scale dynamical tendencies in the Pilis. The thesis reveals some aspects around the foundation of the Paulines, the symbolical, political, and economic characteristics of their location, the correlations with the dynamic changes of the Pilis (regarding the most important royal and ecclesiastic centers of the Kingdom), and their crucial role in royal policy and representation. A main task was also to record the spatial features around the monasteries and evaluate the local economy by written sources. |
| Supervisor | Laszlovszky, Jozsef |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/peto_zsuzsa.pdf |
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