A Podcast on What Reveals the Archaeology of Benedictine Monasteries

Within the framework of the multidisciplinary research programme entitled “Kings, Saints, Monasteries”, archaeological research was conducted in Tihany, Bakonybél and Pannonhalma between 2021 and 2023. The work was in progress under the auspices of the superiors of the monastic communities.

How can archaeological work and historical research be conducted in an active sacred space? What does such an academic cooperation mean for the scholars and the active Benedictine community? How can we think of the place’s values and aspects of significance in local and spiritual sense?

In the podcast-series of the HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities entitled Glossza, Belényesy Károly, archaeologist, the programme’s professional adviser and Dénesi Tamás, Director of the Archabbey’s Archives in Pannonhalma talk about the objectives, possibilities and results of the researches, which can be learnt about in a temporary exhibition in the Archabbey’s Exhibition Hall.