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The Moravian Branch of the Zierotin Family in the First Half of the 16th Century Property Forming, Career Strategies and Litigations Connected to one noble House.
Schmidtová, Kateřina ; Zdichynec, Jan (advisor) ; Holý, Martin (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to the Moravian branch of the Zierotin family in the first half of the 16th century, especially their litigations in family and also with other aristocrats and institutions. I used mainly Knihy půhonné a nálezové, written in between 1505 and 1522 stored in Moravský zemský archiv in Brno and the collected edition of The Moravian Land registers for years 1479-1567. They helped me describe property issues of participated families. The first chapter of this thesis is concerned with the history of Starý Jičín estate and Nový Jičín town until 1500. Also, it outlines brief history of the Zierotin Family, which is described in the context of history of Czech Land and lifestory and career of Jan starší z Žerotína. Then, this work includes customary law of the Moravian region in 16th century and generally evolution of the court system in Bohemia and Moravia. It focuses on practising of litigations, kinds of litigations and lawsuit. The most vital part of the thesis is third chapter, which are Zierotin's litigations. First, I describe litigations among family members and relatives. Next part is focused on aristocracy in the first half of the 16th century. I target on question, how aristocratics gained their property, how they solved the problems with debts and, not least, to the...
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