Froidmont-i Tamás: Jeruzsálemi Margit utazása és megpróbáltatásai
Thomas of Froidmont: Odoeporicum et pericula Margaritae Hierosolymitae

Summary/Abstract: The present study gives a survey of the work entitled Odoeporicum et pericula Margaritae Hierosolymitae of the Cistercian monk, Thomas of Froidmont. In the first half of the work, the author shapes the biography of his sister, Margit of Beverley, into a kind of hagiography, and presents her to his readers as a model of unwavering faith. The hitherto unknown passage places Thomas’ work into new perspective. The second part of the work includes a reflective, didactic speech in which Thomas while conveying the spirituality of the Cistercian order appears as a mediator of Christian values. The only existing edition of Thomas’ work was published by Paul Gerhard Schmidt in 1986. This edition however contains merely 234 line of the original 811 lines in verse. At present, I am working on a new, complete edition using a well legible manuscript from Brussels.

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