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The Superior Land Court 1541 - 1620 (Personnel Overview)
Mareš, Petr ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee) ; Janiš, Dalibor (referee)
The topic of the dissertation is a reconstruction of organisation structure and personnel overview of the Superior Land Court in Bohemia between 1541-1620. The thesis is divided into two parts of the research. In the first part, the court is examined from perspective of administration history and history of justice. The aim is to reconstruct the structure of courts as an independent institution within the organisation of the provincial administration in Bohemia prior to the Battle of White Mountain. Position of court within the structure of noble courts before 1620, as well as the subject of location, time frame and the process of judicial hearing, the topic of casting and seating arrangements or subject of the occupation and release of judicial posts is being dealt with in its sub-chapters. This part is based on normative sources of the central authorities and sources of assessor's personal nature. Judges - as a group of individual assessors within the court are examined in the other part. The aim is to find and identify all personnel appointed for the function within the Court associate justice (the Chief Clerk; Juror without the Superior Land Court). Each juror is presented in structured biography. The biographies are drawn according to a template. The core of biography is mainly to monitor assessor in...
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Importance of discalced Augustinians as the art submitters in Bohemia between year 1623 and Joseph's II. reforms
Šmilauerová, Adéla ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Vlnas, Vít (referee) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee)
The introductory chapter fills a completely blank space concerning the history, organisation and spirituality of the Order of the Discalced Augustinians in the Czech context. The existing literature has so far only briefly outlined this topic; however, it cannot be explored with no knowledge of the 20th -century professional Italian research works or the preserved resources produced by the General Curia in Rome and the 18th century literature of the Order. The thesis also provides a general overview of the activities of the Czech mon asteries of the Discalced Augustinians in the period context, also reflecting the in fluence of the Order on the spiritual and cultural life of the laymen, an influence which, as regards the monastery in Lnare, extends into the early 20th century. The extant resources have helped to describe relations between the members of the Order and the outside world, be it the links to the local clergy or laymen, espe cially burghers and nobility or its dependants. The relationship between the famil ies who financed the foundation of the two latest monasteries (Lnare and Lysa nad Labem) and the monastic community is the focus of specific attention. The monas tery benefactors who financed specific artworks were also recruited from these contacts. In return, they could hope to be...
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Military monuments and Historical Memory. Toward the reception of sepulchral-military monuments of Wars between 1757 and 1914 in the Czech Lands
Kessler, Vojtěch ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee) ; Bělina, Pavel (referee)
Vojtěch Kessler Military monuments and Historical Memory Toward the reception of sepulchral-military monuments of Wars between 1757 and 1914 in the Czech Lands Abstract Topic of the thesis is reception of war monuments on territory of Czech Republic with relation to events between Seven Years' War and Prussian-Austrian war. In thesis war monuments are perceived as specific places of memory. Their so called second life modifies historical awareness about mentioned war events of Czech - or more precisely German- Czech-society in watched period. Changes of relationships to historical monuments are usually dynamic. Distinctive discontinuities - such as changes of government, social systems or departures of whole ethnic groups - influence also reception changes of places, objects and historical memory that are formed woth such places.
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Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg (1586-1665). Builder of a military career, of a landed dominion and of the eighth wonder of the world
Vokurka, Michal ; Šedivá Koldinská, Marie (advisor) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, an aristocrat from a large family from Lower Saxony, who converted to Catholicism and made a career in the Emperor's army as one of Wallenstein's officers. He gained some large confiscated estates in west Bohemia. Thanks to his wedding politics he became one of the richest aristocrats in the country after the Thirty Year's War. He founded famous gardens around his residences, especially the one in Ostrov, which was called the eight world's wonder. During his long live he acted as an emissary and diplomat, mostly representing the Emperor in the court of the Elector of Saxony. His financial and social capital enabled him to rank high among the czech aristocracy, even though he came to the Catholic Habsburg Monarchy from a Protestant social enviroment.
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"And these soldiers have come to us..." The town of Slaný during the Thirty Years War as seen through the papers of its municipal government.
Kmochová, Romana ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Ďurčanský, Marek (referee)
During the Thirty Years War the life of the inhabitants of Central Bohemian Town Slaný was (like the life in other central European towns in this period) mainly influenced by soldiers and various war events. Nevertheless, many changes in their lives were brought by the pawn and subsequent sale of the town to nobleman Jaroslav Bořita z Martinic. This thesis is mainly focused on the municipal administration, especially on war events impacts on the town government and also on the new elements in municipal administration related to the change of its legal status, respectively on encroachment of the new manorial lords on the municipal administration. It also deals with mechanisms used by municipal officials (authorities) to protect the lives and property of town's inhabitant against the rampage soldiery. It is not omitted the interactions occurred between the townspeople and soldiers including self-preserving mechanisms and adaptation strategies that allow them cope with soldiers presence as well.
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Collecting of German and Austrian Panel Paintings of the 14th-16th Centuries at the National Gallery in Prague
Kotková, Olga ; Vlnas, Vít (advisor) ; Ottová, Michaela (referee) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee)
The thesis Collecting of German and Austrian Panel Paintings of the 14th-16th Centuries at the National Gallery in Prague is devoted to art collecting of panel paintings which are considered to be works from regions of what is today Germany and Austria. Two items were probably created in nowadays Switzerland; six panels are originated from the Southern Tyrol (today belonging to Italy) and two pictures can be localized to Silesia, to Wrocław (Breclau) respectively. The thesis includes works created in the period from the late 14th century to the late 16th century. The paintings have appeared in the region of the today Czech Republic in various periods, many of them belonged to aristocratic collections, which blossomed mainly in the 18th-19th centuries. Many secondary written sources have been survived from this period, in which particular work of art can be often founded. This thesis focus on the paintings which are now at the National Gallery in Prague (or belonged to the collections of its historical predecessors). On the basis of primary and above all secondary written documents can be verified when and under which circumstances the works of art appeared in region of our country and how they subsequently came to the funds of our largest public art collection.
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The Memorial Book of the Chapel at the Sychrov Castel, 1862-1867.
Rejha, Adam ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis aims to introduce a memorial book of the chapel of the castle Sychrov (Liber memorabilium arcis Sichrov = Memorabilienbuch des Schlosses Sichrow), which was created in year 1862. The memorial book was written between years 1862-1950 (the memorial book consisting of three volumes, special attention is dedicated to the establishing of the memorial book and the first volume written up to year 1867). The creation of the memorial book was commanded by Sychrov owner Kamil Rohan. The command was fulfilled by beneficed chaplain Josef Němeček and his successors. In this thesis there is described the creation of the memorial book, strong connection to the memorial book of the castle (Gedenkbuch des Schlosses Sichrow) and for better understanding of creation, there is described position of Sychrov chaplain with short Němeček biography. Two general chapters Rohans and Sychrov are written with using of content of the memorial book of the chapel. As an addendum, the first memorial book is edited in in brief regesta format in this thesis.
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From sources to the relationship of Czech writers to Russia in second half of the 19th century: Julius Zeyer and Josef Holeček
Hrebiková, Anežka ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Doubek, Vratislav (referee)
The aim of this Bachelor's work is to describe the relationship of two prominent Czech writers to russian tsarist empire in second half of the nineteenth century on the basis of their visits in Russia. The author of the Bachelor'work focuses on the work with the primary sources, placed in the Památník národního písemnictví (correspondence in the fund Julius Zeyer, Josef Holeček and in the funds of recipients of correspondence) and with the secondary sources, mainly of literary character (Ondřej Černyšev by Zeyer, Zájezd na Rus and Ruskočeské kapitoly by Holeček). On the basis of analysis of the sources - with the emphasis on the sources of the primary character (correpondence) - the author focuses on personal experiences of both writing figures, their engagement in Russia and the opinion on local political events. It will be also take account on the way, how was the attitude of the writers to tsarist empire reflected in their own writings.
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Brewery in the Chamber Domaine of Brandýs nad Labem in the 16-17th Century
Zich, Ondřej ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Vorel, Petr (referee)
Ondřej ZICH, Brewery in the Chamber Domaine of Brandýs nad Labem in the 16- 17th Century, The thesis, Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Arts, 2013, The thesis presents the two main breweries in the Chamber Domain of Brandýs nad Labem between 1547 and 1700, the communal municipal brewery of the brewers' guild in Brandýs nad Labem and the emperor's plant by the castle in the same place. The description of the municipal brewery lets us see in detail the statutes and working of the brewers' guild, including its membership and its problems with beer taverns, through the municipal and guild chronicle. On the other hand, research about the castle brewery is based on sources from Nova manipulace indicating its building adjustment, employees and profit. The final part of the thesis is dedicated to the mutual territorial and price competition and a comparison of both breweries. Key words: Chamber domaine of Brandýs nad Labem, Brandýs nad Labem, Brewery, 16th and 17th century
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