The Admonitions (Hungarian: Intelmek; Latin: Libellus de institutione morum) is a mirror for princes—a literary work summarizing the principles of government—completed in the 1010s or 1020s for King Stephen I of Hungary's son and heir, Emeric.[1][2][3] About a century later, Bishop Hartvik claimed that Stephen I himself wrote the small book.[1] Modern scholarship has concluded that a foreign cleric who was proficient in rhymed Latin prose compiled the text.[1] The cleric has been associated with a Saxon monk, Thangmar;[3] with the Venetian Bishop Gerard of Csanád; and with Archbishop Astrik of Esztergom.[1]
- ^ a b c d Nemerkényi 2004, p. 231.
- ^ Curta 2010, p. 484.
- ^ a b Niessen 2015, p. 87.