CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Cholewicki, Pawel |
|---|---|
| Title | The role of the Franciscans in the Kingdom of Bosnia during the reign of king Stjepan Tomas (1443-1461) |
| Summary | My thesis aims to understand the role of the Franciscans during the reign of the penultimate king of Bosnia, Stjepan Tomaš, whose reign was a period of major progress of Catholicism. This work problematizes activities of the Franciscans of the Bosnian vicary across their missionary action, the Observant reform, their role at the royal court, the organization of an anti-Ottoman crusade and the frequent political reconfigurations of the mid-fifteenth century. The reign of the Stjepan Tomaš was essentially the time of the Franciscan triumph over the heretical Bosnian Church, the traditional spiritual pillar of political power in Bosnia. The spheres of life that these two organizations were competing to dominate were fully taken over by the friars and after a phase of gradual decline, the king ultimately expelled the Bosnian Church. The papacy also included Bosnia in an anti-Ottoman front, giving the friars the floor to present their ruler as an exemplary Christian and to preach the crusade. At the same time, the expansion of the Observant movement contributed to partition of the large Bosnian vicary among the local, Apulian, Dalmatian and Hungarian Observant communities. The conflict between them and their Observant superiors went on during the entire reign of Tomaš and brought together the monarchy and the vicary. The thesis discusses the source material issued during the crisis, and this material is a great help in understanding the lifestyle and aspirations of the friars of the Bosnian vicary. |
| Supervisor | Gábor Klaniczay |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/cholewicki_pawel.pdf |
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