Monastery Church, Sighișoara

The Monastery Church, also known as the Church of the Dominican Monastery (Romanian: Biserica Mănăstirii Dominicane, German: Dominikanerkapelle), is a Gothic church formerly part of a medieval Dominican monastery in Sighișoara, Romania. The monastery was erected in 1289, and demolished in 1888.^[1] The monastery was one of a network planned by Paulus Hungarus (Paul the Hungarian) throughout the Kingdom of Hungary to act as a bulwark against heresy.^[2] Hungarian nobleman Leonard Barlabássy gave the church an endowment.^[3]

References

^ Mallows 2012, p. 189.
^ Spinei 2012, p. 420.
^ Crăciun 2011, p. 64.

Bibliography

Crăciun, Maria (2011). "Mendicant Piety and the Saxon Community of Transylvania, c. 1450-1550". In Crăciun, Maria; Fulton, Elaine (eds.). Communities of Devotion: Religious Orders and Society in East Central Europe, 1450 - 1800. Ashgate. pp. 29–71. ISBN 978-0754663126.
Mallows, Lucinda (2012). Transylvania. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1841624198.
Spinei, Victor (2012). "The Cuman Bishopric—Genesis and Evolution". In Curta, Florin (ed.). The Other Europe in the Middle Ages: Avars, Bulgars, Khazars and Cumans (Volume 2 ed.). Brill. pp. 413–456. ISBN 978-9004163898.

46°13′11″N 24°47′36″E / 46.219694°N 24.793389°E / 46.219694; 24.793389

[FOOTNOTEMallows2012189-1] Mallows 2012, p. 189.

[FOOTNOTESpinei2012420-2] Spinei 2012, p. 420.

[FOOTNOTECrăciun201164-3] Crăciun 2011, p. 64.

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