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O OGLINDĂ A PRINCIPILOR? PREDICILE LUI PELBARTUS DE THEMESWAR DESPRE ȘTEFAN CEL SFÂNT AL UNGARIEI

December 15, 2018

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Name: Alexandra Baneu
Affiliation: Institutul de Lingvistică și Istorie Literară „Sextil Pușcariu” al Academiei Române, Cluj-Napoca; Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca
Contact: alexandra.baneu@yahoo.com

📄Article

Citation Recommendation: BANEU, Alexandra. „O oglindă a principilor? Predicile lui Pelbartus de Themeswar despre Ștefan cel Sfânt al Ungariei”. In: RITL, New Series, XII, No. 1-4, January-December 2018, p. 265-270..
Titlul: O OGLINDĂ A PRINCIPILOR? PREDICILE LUI PELBARTUS DE THEMESWAR DESPRE ȘTEFAN CEL SFÂNT AL UNGARIEI
Title: A MIRROR FOR PRINCES? THE SERMONS OF PELBARTUS OF THEMESWAR ABOUT SAINT STEPHEN OF HUNGARY
Pages: 265-270
Language: Romanian
URL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2018/1-4/20_A_Baneu.pdf

Abstract: The literary subgenre known as “mirrors for princes” is difficult to define precisely, given the multiplicity of forms that it can take. My paper tries to see to what extent a series of sermons dedicated to a ruler that has been sanctified can be comprised under this genre. After analyzing the three sermons that Pelbartus of Themeswar dedicated to the feast of Saint Stephen the Great of Hungary, I conclude that, although the three texts are influenced to a great degree by this type of writings, they cannot be included in the literary subgenre of mirrors for princes unless the sphere of the definition, which seems too narrow to begin with, is extended.

Keywords: Pelbartus of Themeswar, Pomerium, sermons, mirror for princes, King Stephen I of Hungary

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