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Origins of the Mod's Culture in the United Kingdom
Rajzlová, Eva ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
This bachelor's thesis dealt with origins of Mod's subculture in the United Kingdom. It pursued the main features of the subculture, life style of its members and their values. The thesis sought to put Mods to historical context and find their significance for British society. Mods are a denomination of a group of youths sharing the same interest in clothing and clubbing. They originated in London suburbs in the late 50s of the 20th century. Members were predominantly men of working-class origin. Media noticed them in 1964 because of their participation in riots in coastal resorts. It is the first authentic British subculture which was recognized internationally.
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Social security vs. Personal liberties. So called normalization and transformation period from Krompachy citizens'perspective. Biographic Narrations
Merjavá, Jana ; Schindler-Wisten, Petra (advisor) ; Houda, Přemysl (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to affect opinions and attitudes of residents of a small town in the east Slovakia to the society during the period of normalization and transformation. These aims are achieved by exploiting the method of oral history and using mainly data obtained in biographical interviews with eight locals as a primary source of information. Their statements are thoroughly analysed and interpreted in two counterparts. Regarding the normalization period, social security was the main subject for analysis, namely the phenomenon of labour, housing, and social services for families with children, while in respect of the period of transformation, personal freedom of expression, movement, and religion has been analysed. Finally, all the obtained conclusions are compared with the available scientific literature in the given field. This thesis aims to affect mainly how the mentioned phenomena were perceived by the individual narrators and how this perception has changed after the year 1989. As part of the conclusion and using all the findings this work provides a comparison of the studied periods; however, an imaginary battle between social security and individual freedoms remains undecided. Moreover, beside the actual analysis the thesis contains a methodological section as well as a section...
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Phenomenon of Summer Apartments in the First Half of 20th Century
Šoukal, Jiří ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Štemberk, Jan (referee)
Summary: This work is dedicated to phenomenon of summer apartments in the 1st half of 20th century,especialy to village Senohraby, which was used mainly as an example. This work tries to show means of spending free time in summer resorts and means of entertainment specifically in the surroundings of Prague, because of it's nearness to capital city.Important part of this work is dedicated to question, what sorts of guests were spending times in this summer resorts. And this work also wants to show some aspects of life before First World War and during 1.st republic in Czechoslovakia.
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Bedřich Mendl (1892-1940). In a mirror of his correspondence
Rajzlová, Eva ; Hnilica, Jiří (advisor) ; Míšková, Alena (referee)
This bachelor's thesis was an analysis of family correspondence of Professor Bedřich Mendl. The thesis sought for everyday life of the Czech historian on his official journeys in both Czechoslovakia and abroad, where he searched in archives for Czech manuscripts. Bedřich Mendl was a Czech historiographer and the first professor of the Institute of Economic and Social History at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University. He was raised in Prague where he also met his future wife Eleonora during his studies. From 1916 to 1920, he worked in Hořice as a high school teacher. After his return to Prague in 1920, he became an employee of the State Editorial Institute. He started to teach at Charles University after he gained his venia docendi in 1927. Because of his Jewish origin, he was forced to leave the university in 1940. A few months later he committed a suicide.
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Premarital correspondence of Friedrich Ferdinand Dalberg and his fiancée Kunigunda Vittinhoff-Schell
IVANIČOVÁ, Barbora
The topic of presented bachelor thesis is premarital correspondence of Friedrich Ferdinand Dalberg and his fiancée Kunigunda Vittinhoff-Schell, dated to 1846. The thesis tries to analyse the letters in their context, pinpointing their most frequent topics. Through this analysis, the author attempts to take a glimpse into the thoughts and emotions of these two fiancés in the changing society of the 19th century. An extensive collection of premarital and other correspondence, located in the archive of the Dalberg family at Moravský zemský archiv in Brno, forms a basis of the thesis.
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Joys and sorrows of village through the eyes of village chroniclers on the example of the parish of Bohumilice. Contribution to the history of everyday life in years 1922 - 1948
MALÁ, Vladimíra
This thesis attempts to use a microhistorical and historical-anthropological approach, based on records from still existing chronicles of the parish of Bohumilice, to reconstruct the everyday life of people in this region in the time period of 1922 - 1948. On the background of great historic events and based on testimonies of individual participants from given region, a colourful tapestry of people's behaviour, actions and perception is being revealed. The thesis is divided into six chapters, in the first one the author specifies the geography, economy and development of administration in the given region, the second chapter follows with history of the centre of the parish, the village of Bohumilice, the local church and school. Chapters three to five deal with the state of chronicle writing in the region. At first a description of all still existing chronicles is given, later follows an outline of records in individual chronicles in the given time period, and finally the personalities of chroniclers are presented. In the sixth chapter the author attempts, based on chroniclers? testimonies, to reconstruct everyday life in the village, the behaviour, actions and primarily the perception of its inhabitants.
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Maria Justina of Schwarzenberg. The Image of (ill) Duchess in the Middle of the 17th century
TLAMSOVÁ, Hanka
The aim of the present Bachelor´s thesis is to reconstruct the life story of Maria Justina of Schwarzenberg, born of Starhemberg in the Middle of the 17th century. In the first part, this thesis focuses on the everyday life behind the walls of the residences that belonged to the House of Schwarzenberg. The thesis then deals with the serious mental illness the Duchess had suffered from, with her death and with the funeral ceremony that took place afterwards. In conclusion, the thesis investigates the way how the servants reacted on the behaviour of the Duchess towards them, it tries to identify the exact cause of the mental illness and to describe some sort of treatments the Duchess had to undergo. The present Bachelor´s thesis is based on the correspondence between John Adolf I., Prince of Schwarzenberg, the husband of Maria Justina of Schwarzenberg, and regional council presidents of family holdings. In addition, further background information has been gathered from the diaries and Tagzettel of Cardinal Ernst Adalbert of Harrach.
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