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History of Sword Making in Prague Cities in Early Modern Period
Smrž, Jiří ; Ebelová, Ivana (advisor) ; Woitschová, Klára (referee)
(in English): This bachelor thesis follows the history of sword making from the beginning of 16th century to 1739 in three independent Prague towns - in Old Town, New Town and Lesser Town. Prague sword makers were organised in craft organisations - in guilds, therefore is this thesis closely connected with the history of guilds as well. Sword making represents much specialised craft, which emancipated during the Middle Ages from blacksmith thanks to the extraordinary consumption and distribution possibilities of Prague cities. Sword making became well developed in the second half of 15th century and this situation resulted in founding of guilds. Thanks to its dominant position during the whole examined century, the Old Town guild became the most significant guild in the Kingdom of Bohemia. This thesis corrects previous knowledge of Prague sword making, gives review of extant sources, which are deposited in Prague City Archives and in National Archives and presents reconstruction of life in the guild of Prague sword makers in early modern period based on contemporary documents.
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The Image of Jan Hus in the Early Modern Czech Literature
Hejdová, Tereza ; Andrlová Fidlerová, Alena (advisor) ; Škarpová, Marie (referee)
The work The Image of Jan Hus in the Early Modern Czech Literature tries to map different ways of description of this Czech preacher in selected literary texts from 15th to 18th century, to capture the changes which his image underwent. The chosen authors come from different countries and use different languages, represent different environments, social classes and opinion groups, they also have different education and religion. Individual literary works were assessedby means of comparing the key episodes that are either repeated in the texts, or the author intentionally did not use them. To understand the image of Jan Hus as a whole, also contemporary iconography was taken into account , which in some cases has been taken from other literary texts than those which were compared, so that the image of Hus whereas complete as possible. The comparison of the texts and iconography showed, how accurate the observation of the described scheme was and how the image of Jan Hus was gradually changing. The combination of written and iconographic material from specific time intervals allowed us to observe the gradual change of conceptions of the personality of Jan Hus and events connected with him, because the authors represent the opinion of their ethnic group and time. The image of Jan Hus is therefore very...
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Barbers and surgeons of Prague in early modern times
Laňová, Alžběta ; Ebelová, Ivana (advisor) ; Brátková, Zlata (referee)
This bachelor's thesis, entitled Barbers and surgeons of Prague in early modern times pursues medical and health professions of Prague in early modern times. It's focused on the end of the seventies of 15 th. century till the enf of 17 th. century. It deals with the main development of these professions and with the separation of barbers and surgeons. One chapter is about bathhouses in this time because it is a workplace of these professions. There also chapters including sources and literature, which were used for this bachelor's thesis. In one chapter is summed up development of the organization of guilds. Next part is dedicated to bathhouses and contain main information about their form at that time. Basics of this bachelor's thesis are chapter including single professions, which were chosen for this thesis. They are focused on the beginnings, development and final form of these medical and health professions. Except of the main profession are mentioned another professions of this kind, which are joined with barbers and surgeons. In the end of this thesis is summary of the whole work and supplements. Aim of this bachelor's thesis is give information about medical and health proffesions, their progress, common beginnings and final separation.
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Anabaptists in the Habsburg Monarchy
Kalina, Jan ; Županič, Jan (advisor) ; Suchánek, Drahomír (referee)
This thesis deals with history of the Anabaptist movement particularly in the first half of the 16th century. It describes religious and social life of the movement, including differences among particular Anabaptist communities. In individual chapters, special attention is devoted to communities in the Habsburg Monarchy, especially in the Czech lands. The text includes also brief biographies of important members of the movement.
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A woman between the ideal, the norm and the reality in czech aristocratic enviroment during 1500-1650
Seifertová, Michaela ; Šedivá Koldinská, Marie (advisor) ; Holý, Martin (referee)
The subject of Bachelor thesis is to reconstruct the image of ideal woman, standards and rules applied to women's characteristics, behaviours and actions for the time period 1500 to 1650 in the Czech lands, by means of three basic female categories (virgins, wives and widows). Another goal is to compare the above mentioned ideals with the real facts. Due to the lack of informational sources providing a sufficient knowledge of the type of ideal noblewoman I am focusing on women of townsfolk origin as well, because there is far more information available about them. In context, I am also trying to find the answer to the question whether the described social ideals and behavioural requirements were applicable to both studied women's social strata equally. As a resource, I have used moralistic writings, satirical compositions and documents of a personal nature that I have confronted with the literature devoted to the history of women and women's everyday life.
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Czech Lands' Thirty Years War Mercenary's Life
Andresová, Klára ; Šedivá Koldinská, Marie (advisor) ; Ďurčanský, Marek (referee)
This thesis deals with life of mercenaries during the Thirty Years' War. It is focused on the situation in central Europe and especially in the Czech lands. The main part of the thesis concentrates on the appearance of military camps which is reconstructed based on normative sources, ego-documents, folk songs and period artistic literature, paintings and drawings. To introduce the topic I describe various types of soldiers in the Habsburg army and the subordination of the army. One chapter is meant to work as a guide through the life of a mercenary - about his living in the army from his recruitment up to his discharge. We mention the material equipment and soldiers clothing as well. Women were a usual part of the army, therefore I also pay attention to them. The main topic of the work is military camp, therefore a description of its appearance is given, describing the arrangement of all its parts. I mention tents, markets and inns. I also deal with camp life's negatives, for example with diseases or activities condemned by the contemporary moral. Military law is briefly described as well. I also mention administrative officers who are responsible for the aspects of military life related to the camps. In the end there is also integrated a chapter about the civilian view on mercenaries and the war...
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Ordinary Life in the Royal Town Louny at the End of the 16th Century
Paterová, Petra ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Roedl, Bohumír (referee)
The history of everyday life is an interesting historical branch, which brings the researcher a lot of information about family, work, entertainment, problems and other things that surround everyone and every day. In the same way, these things have influenced lives of our ancestors. The fascination with ordinary lives of early modern history is actually a desire to get to know oneself. Despite the fact that the outlook on everyday things may have changed during the centuries, what has not changed were the topics. The libri testimoniorum are a more than suitable source of information for everyday life research. Owing to the testimonies of the witnesses of the particular trials, the books unwittingly reveal many details about the life of early modern towns. Studies of these books bring motivation for researching not only the everyday history, but also culture and mentality history. Last but not least, it is important to mention research into criminality of early modern towns.
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The musicians in Czech aristocratic courts in the 16th and the beginning of 17th century
Matyášová, Josefína ; Šedivá Koldinská, Marie (advisor) ; Holý, Martin (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to describe a few aspects of aristocratic music groups and professional musician's lives in the 16th and the beginning of 17th century in Czech lands. It deals with their position in a society (which often depended on current employment), criminality and a regime, set by legal rules. Moreover, it focuses on the possibilities of period musical education and on the difference between conception of music as a science and as a pleisure of senses. It seems to be really topical in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times too and may have influenced activities of patrons. A part of the thesis investigates national and financial situation in musical groups and their role within special organism of aristocratic courts. Finally, it copes with unclear related terminology.
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The Denominational School System in the Period Before the Battle of the White Mountain
Richter Musilová, Oldřiška ; Váňová, Růžena (advisor) ; Kasper, Tomáš (referee)
The Denominational School System in the Period before the Battle of the White Mountain Abstract: The Pre-White Mountain Period within the European context brought an extraordinary development to the Bohemian Latin education. The experts consider the Bohemian Latin education to be at the forefront in European development at that time. However, Latin Scholar system in this period was very closely connected to two different confessional backgrounds. In the Pre-White Mountain Period two basic Latin school systems existed in Bohemia, each with a different denominational background. On the Protestant side there were Utraquist Latin schools, existing under the direct supervision of the Prague University; on the Catholic side Jesuit grammar schools were being gradually built under the management of the Jesuit Order. Both confessional school systems formed a nourishing base for the two main religious forces that also determined the basic political powers in the country. Confessional schools enabled the religious-political powers to influence the upcoming generations and via their religious education they supported and shaped the main religious forces in Bohemia. The comparison of the two basic Latin scholar systems in the Pre-White Mountain Bohemia has identified number of common features, but also differences,...
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