The Chronicle of Michael of Carynthia (Early Sixteenth Century) History, Biography, and Observant Identity

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/mch/17/1/article-p37_4.xml" target="_blank" >https://brill.com/view/journals/mch/17/1/article-p37_4.xml</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18795927-01701005" target="_blank" >10.1163/18795927-01701005</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Chronicle of Michael of Carynthia (Early Sixteenth Century) History, Biography, and Observant Identity
Original language description
This article discusses the Chronicle of Michael of Carynthia, an early sixteenth-century text that tells the story of the origins and development of the Franciscan Order in Central Europe. The author, Michael of Carynthia, acted as a secretary and provincial custodian in Moravia. The chronicle, written around 1510, is a typical example of a miscellaneous historical genre and reflects the order’s roots, identity, and desire to provide moral edification to its readership. The study shows how the chronicle uses biographical typology, normative exposition, and regional focus to highlight the role of individual vicarii and their relations with the papacy, the Conventuals, and the local communities. The article also discusses how the chronicle integrates historical, spiritual, and political facts, as well as miraculous events, to create a coherent and instructive account of the Observant past and present. It suggests that the author of the chronicle used the idealized image of John of Capistrano as a model for other biographies of Observant personalities in an effort to shape the local Franciscan identity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GX20-08389X" target="_blank" >GX20-08389X: Observance Reconsidered: Uses and Abuses of the Reform (Individuals, Institutions, Society)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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