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Women on the Periphery: The Invisible Empire Reborn
Novota, Pavel ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee) ; Kýrová, Lucie (referee)
The thesis examines the role of women in the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s. The author seeks to analyze the following aspects: the main goal is to prove that the foundation and the very existence of the women's auxiliary (WKKK) points to inner tensions within the movement. The WKKK, therefore, can be used as a model or a case study in order to highlight all the issues the Klan had to face, from financial struggles and various allegations to transient and unstable membership. Secondly, the author sets out to verify whether and to what degree WKKK members legitimized the Klan, be it from the outside (public opinion) or from the inside. The author also places emphasis on the fact that the Klan should not be primarily viewed as a violent racist organization, but as a group of members who felt threatened by the outside world from which they needed to shelter themselves. Social life of the Klan and what role Klanswomen had, charity work, or interventions in local affairs play a vital role in this thesis as a result. Last but not least, proper understanding of primary sources is essential. They are obviously highly subjective and serve as a prime example of how reality differed from what was stated. (W)KKK pamphlets and writings were colored by fear of the so-called "other". Most texts written by...
Women on the Periphery: The Invisible Empire Reborn
Novota, Pavel ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee) ; Kýrová, Lucie (referee)
The thesis examines the role of women in the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s. The author seeks to analyze the following aspects: the main goal is to prove that the foundation and the very existence of the women's auxiliary (WKKK) points to inner tensions within the movement. The WKKK, therefore, can be used as a model or a case study in order to highlight all the issues the Klan had to face, from financial struggles and various allegations to transient and unstable membership. Secondly, the author sets out to verify whether and to what degree WKKK members legitimized the Klan, be it from the outside (public opinion) or from the inside. The author also places emphasis on the fact that the Klan should not be primarily viewed as a violent racist organization, but as a group of members who felt threatened by the outside world from which they needed to shelter themselves. Social life of the Klan and what role Klanswomen had, charity work, or interventions in local affairs play a vital role in this thesis as a result. Last but not least, proper understanding of primary sources is essential. They are obviously highly subjective and serve as a prime example of how reality differed from what was stated. (W)KKK pamphlets and writings were colored by fear of the so-called "other". Most texts written by...
The Anglo-Scottish Struggle from the Outset of the Hundred Years' War to the Battle of Neville Cross: The Perspective of English Official Documents
Novota, Pavel ; Drška, Václav (advisor) ; Suchánek, Drahomír (referee)
Why the term 'Anglo-Scottish Struggle' between 1337 and 1346? Why 'The Perspective of English Official Documents'? What influence did the so-called 'Hundred Year's War' have on the Anglo-Scottish relations in the first years of the war? What impact did the 'Scottish issue' have on the policy of the English king during the Anglo-French conflict? How did the perspective of English official documents differ from that of English chronicles or Scottish/French primary sources? What role did the rhetoric of these source play? How was it portrayed? The following thesis will try to analyse some of the aforementioned issues and will strive to prove that the Scottish kingdom had a profound impact on the English policy in multiple respects from the outset of the Hundred Years' War until the battle of Neville's Cross almost ten years later.
England on the Eve of the Hundred Years' War
Novota, Pavel ; Drška, Václav (advisor) ; Suchánek, Drahomír (referee)
What exactly was the so-called Hundred Years' War? Was this conflict inevitable? How did the English monarchy found itself in the conflict? In what situation was England on the eve of the Hundred Years' War? What were the results of long and complicated relationships between England and other monarchies or counties? This thesis, divided into three main chapters, will try to answer these questions. The first part will deal with the relationship between the English and French king on the eve of the war. The next chapter will analyze the development of relationships between England and other medieval monarchies or counties. The last part will attempt to decide if another (and this time long) conflict between England and France could have been expected.

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