St. Margaret of Hungary and Dominican monastery on Hare Island on the Danube

Abstract

Dominican monastery on Hare Island was founded by the Hungarian king Bela IV and his wife for their daughter st. Margaret of Hungary.

The article deals with the personality of st. Margaret of Hungary and the architecture of the Dominican monastery in possible Central European contexts.

Keywords

• St. Margaret of Hungary
• Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages
• 13th century, Dominican monastery
• Bela IV.