Organized by : the Department of Medieval Studies of CEU in co-operation with the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Göttingen
Supported by:
DAAD-Hungarian Scholarship Board Project Support Scheme
CEU, Rector’s Fund
Based on Jacques le Goff”s seminal work on urban development and mendicant orders, these types of investigations were in the front line of monastic studies during the last three decades.
More recent investigations, at the same time, have shown that the general pattern of the mendicant presence as an urban indicator should be modified or at least partially modified in some areas, particularly in East-Central-Europe. Therefore, a comparative study between different parts of Central Europe (German towns, Bohemia, Moravia, and Hungary) can be particularly important for the understanding of urban development in this region.
Furthermore, a more general perspective of these issues in the Central-European, East-
Central European and South-East-European monastic regions can contribute to our understanding of this complex research question. The comparison will be based on the general chronology of mendicant foundations and on the particular studies of those
Mendicant institutions, where the influence of a court can also be seen (Prague, Buda,
Visegrád, etc.). These examples and their comparative studies can highlight the problem of residence and mendicant foundations, and also the different approaches of the Franciscan and
Dominican orders in Central Europe. Contributions to this workshop are based on different methodological approaches, including urban development, architectural history, courtly culture, mendicant hagiography, archaeology of royal residences, art and patronage, etc.
Seminar für Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen
Tel.: +49-551-394-631, Fax.: +49-551-394-632 http://www.geschichte.uni-goettingen.de
E-mail: bkausch@gwdg.de
Medieval Studies Department
Central European University
Nádor u. 9, H-1051 Budapest
Tel: +36-1-327-3024, Fax: +36-1-327-3055 http://medievalstudies.ceu.hu
E-mail: medstud@ceu.hu

Academic field trip to Visegrád
8.30 Meeting with workshop participants, CEU faculty members and students at CEU
Conference and Residence Center.
9.00 Meeting with workshop participants, CEU faculty members and students at Batthyánytér.
9.00-10.00 Travel to Visegrád
Session in the King Matthias Museum, Visegrád
10.00 – 12.00
Introduction: Röckelein, Hedwig (University of Göttingen) – Laszlovszky, József (CEU,
Budapest)
1. Royal Centre, Urban Development and Mendicants in Medieval Visegrád
Laszlovszky, József (CEU, Budapest): Late Medieval Royal Patronage and the Franciscans:
Visegrád and Beyond
Mészáros, Orsolya
(Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest): Royal Residence and Urban
Settlement in Medieval Visegrád
Polgár, Balázs (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest):Before the Franciscans: Proto-urban and Urban Settlement in the Area of the Franciscan Friary at Visegrád
12.00 - 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 -16.00
2. The Royal Palace and the Franciscan Friary at Visegrád
The Temporary Exhibition on the Angevins and Visegrád
The Permanent Exhibition of the Royal Palace
The Archaeological Site of the Franciscan Friary
16.00-17.00
Travel to Budapest (City Centre and CEU Conference and Residence Centre)
Optional program:
19.30 600 years of instrumental marvels
– Concert at Budapest Palace of Art (MÜPA) http://mupa.hu/en/program/kozepkori-hangszercsodak/2010-10-17_19-30

CEU Monument building, Gellner room (MB 103)
9.30 – 11.10
3. Royal Patronage and the Mendicant Orders
Klaniczay, Gábor (CEU, Budapest): King Bela IV and the Mendicant Orders in Hungary
Duśanič, Smilja
(University of Beograd) The Serbian Royal Court of Helene d’Anjou and the Franciscan Order
Karačić, Darko
(CEU, Budapest): The Bosnian Royal Dynasty, and the Franciscan Order in the Context of Centres and Urban Settlements
11.10-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-12.40
4. Urban Settlements and Mendicant Orders in Central Europe
Felskau, Frederik (Free University, Berlin) Ordines mendicantes and civitates . Patterns,
Persons and Circumstances Connected with the Settlement of the Franciscans and
Dominicans in 13th century Bohemia and Moravia (esp. Prague and Olomouc)
Szende, Katalin (CEU, Budapest): In the Right Place at the Right Time. Mendicants and
Urban Development in Thirteenth-Century Hungary
12.40-14.00
Lunch break
14.00-15.40
5. Late Medieval Mendicants and their Socio-Economic Context
Hoven , Jasmin (University of Göttingen): Networks of Poor Clares of High Nobility in the
Late Middle Ages
Bencze, Ünige (CEU, Budapest): Urban Development and Franciscan Convent at
Marosvásárhely/Târgu-Mureş: Aspects of Material Culture
Nagy, Emőke (Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj) Franciscan Devotion in an Urban Centre: the
Cult of Saint Anne and the Franciscan Convent at Marosvásárhely/Târgu-Mureş
15.40-16.00
Coffee break

16.00-16.40.
6. Centers of Power and Spirituality
Kirschberger, Timo (University of Göttingen): Monastic Landscapes and Geopiety in the
Latin Levant
18.00-19.00
7. Book Launch and Reception
Presentation of two new CEU Medievalia volumes:
Hunyadi, Zsolt: The Hospitallers in the Kingdom of Hungary presented by Laszlovszky,
József
Promoting the Saints. Cults and Their Contexts from Late Antiquity until the Early
Modern Period. Essays in Honor of Gábor Klaniczay for his 60 th Birthday presented by
Gecser, Ottó.
Monument building, Gellner room (MB 103)
9.30 – 11.00
8. Mendicants and Economy – Mendicant Economy de Cevins, Marie-Madeleine (University of Rennes): Mendicant Orders and Economy in
Late Medieval Central Europe. Research proposals Based on Hungarian Examples.
Romhányi, Beatrix (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary,
Budapest): Social Network - Economic Support: the Social Contacts of the Mendicant Friars in Late Medieval Hungary
Closing remarks
11.00-11.20
Coffee break
11.20-13.45
8. Mendicants between Royal Centers and Urban Settlements
Guided tour to the ruins of the Franciscan Friary and the Dominican Nunnery on the
Margaret Island, Budapest.