CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Vucic, Mihaela |
|---|---|
| Title | The Apocalyptic Aspect of St Michael's Cult in Eleventh-Century Istria |
| Summary | In the present work, I studied the history of St. Michael’s cult in Istria from the sixth to eleventh centuries with special emphasis on the meanings the cult assumed in the context of apocalyptic expectations at the turn of the Millennium. The aim was to investigate whether the Michaeline cult in Istria developed apocalyptic connotations and in which contexts. I mapped the churches of St. Michael constructed from the sixth to eleventh centuries, analyzed their architectural typologies, their artistic programs and placed them in their wider political and ecclesiastical contexts by analyzing two types of written sources, diplomatic and hagiographic. I concluded that the cult developed apocalyptic nuances in the eleventh century in the context of the Camaldolese church of St. Michael at Limska Draga through its connection with St. Romuald. However, eleventh-century Istria was not exclusively preoccupied with the apocalypse, because some aspects of St. Michael’s cult that had been traditionally present in Istria from the sixth century coexisted with the apocalyptic Michael in the eleventh century. Understanding how the cult of St. Michael functioned on a local level in the decades on either side of the Millennium can reduce generalizations regarding the apocalyptic aspect of the cult on the wider European level. |
| Supervisor | Szákacs, Béla Zsolt; Klaniczay, Gábor |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/vucic_mihaela.pdf |
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