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Diplomat and traveller Prokesch Anton von Osten, and the Austrian attitude to the Greek uprising in the years 1826-1830
Míšek, Roman ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Skřivan, Aleš (referee) ; Wanner, Michal (referee)
Tato disertační práce analyzuje vztah mezi Osmanskou říší a ostatními velmocemi na pozadí politického vývoje východní otázky během eskalace napětí v oblasti Peloponnésu1. Primárním cílem je zmapovat vývoj řeckého konfliktu a politiku Rakouska v Orientu během nesnadného vývoje budoucího řeckého státu, vliv evropských velmocí na tento problém a rozpory mezi jednotlivými velmocemi během řešení řeckého konfliktu. Sekundárním cílem je potom konkrétněji analyzovat činnost Antona Prokesche von Osten, diplomata a cestovatele, jako jednoho z nemnoha rakouských diplomatů epochy devatenáctého století, který úspěšně prosazoval rakouskou politiku v Orientu jak v době před Krymskou válkou, tak v následujícím půlstoletí, kdy byla monarchie přinucena hledat nové spojence náhradou za ztracené spojenectví ruského impéria.
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Migration, language and integration (Comparison of the Netherlands and Flanders in the 1970s and 1980s)
Vokáčová, Martina ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Klusáková, Luďa (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the Dutch and Flemish policies towards immigrants in the 1970s and 1980s and the role attributed to language in them. It examines the arguments and concepts by which both the policies were motivated and legitimated and evaluates critically their usual periodization. It points out the risk of a wrong reading of the Dutch "tweesporenbeleid" of the 1970s as based on multiculturalism instead of expectation of return of the immigrants into their home country. It concentrates on the Minderhedennota of 1981/83 as the main turning point leading to the interpretation of the allochton-issue as socio-economic problem and examines the public debate on the basis of documents of the Dutch parliament. The acquisition of Dutch as second language, it states, always played a crucial role in the policies. Since the 1980s, more attention was paid to evaluation of school curricula in terms of non-discrimination of non-native speakers. In the Flemish case, less systematical approaches were stated. The policies were less centralized and crucially influenced by the fact of bilinguism and the competition between Dutch and French in Belgium. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Engelbert Dollfuss and the Central Europe 1932-1933
Šepták, Miroslav ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Horčička, Václav (referee)
The diploma paper which I was elaborating is focused on the first year of the governance Austrian chancellor Engelbert Doll fuss. Data of that governance were taken from unpublished sources of Czech, Austrian and German province as well as from published Czech, Austrian and German sources. In area of economy he decided to apply the strict deflation policy as a result of big economic depression. Business strategy of such country led to the only one effort - to sign new business agreements established on preferential base. At the beginning of Dollfuss's governance there existed a possibility of big coalition with social democrats but step by step the ideological difference was increasing. The more threat was coming from Nazism the more isolated Austrian policy turned. The chancellor was trying to strengthen political power of parliamentary majority which was very weak. Unsuccessfully. This non success made him put his mind to the alternative form of regime. The piece of luck helped him to get out from unpleasant situation. He took advantage of formal lack of Austrian pluralism and was continually setting up authoritative regime. In area of foreign policy he reduced options of Danube's federation as well as orientation to France because he didn't consider these possibilities profitable for Austria. He had...
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Religious question as a factor of disintegration of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Laube, Pavel ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Picková, Dana (referee)
The major purpose of this study is to analyze principles of the multiconfessional society in the early modern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. I focus mainly on conflicts between elites of the different religion which I analyze through the concept of collective identities. The main target group of the analysis is the highest political elite of the Commonwealth. Through examples of the leading magnates from Lithuania and Ukraine I show the relation between different collective identities, loyalties and political pragmatism in the time of political crisis after the year 1648. My question is, how far different religion influenced formation of the political camps and behaviour of magnates in this age. I conclude that religion was an important factor in forming of the opposition groups and conflicts but one can not see the magnate society strictly devided between confessional groups. The different religion played an important role if it merged with other collective identities such as class, regional or national identity. This was the case of the conflict in Ukraine.
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The siege of Olomouc in 1758 and its contemporary reflection
Borovský, Jiří ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Horčička, Václav (referee)
The main topic of this thesis is a Prussian campaign which took place at the beginning of the third year of the war. It was then that Moravia got into the centre of war efforts. First, the thesis analyzes events which preceded this campaign. Apart from that, situation on other battlefields and initial positions of both opponents (Austria and Prussia) are dealt with. Particular attention is paid to political and predominantly military-strategic reasons which made the King of prussia decide to attack Austria. The analysis of the military campaign itself is anchored in older sources written in German. Correspondence of the main partakers, especially of the King of Prussia and the supreme royal army command, is used to provide a disinterested contemporary view of the issue. Memoirs of contemporaries, just as a diary of a burgher which experienced the siege of Olomouc, are used to depict the situation as well.
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Bohemian lands and the War of 1813
Kessler, Vojtěch ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Bělina, Pavel (referee)
In my work I try to analyze the war events of the year 1813, which took place on our land. I focused mostly on the reactions to the events from the inhabitants of the cities and the countryside. Therefore the key questions were - how did the inhabitants see and understand the major war events of their time. I also kept in mind the reflection about the economical difficulties caused by the military actions, or by a simple passing of the armies. For the obvious reasons I focused on the inhabitants of the north of the Bohemia region. It turned out that the war is still understood by a simple man of the beginning of the 19 century as a God's deal or as a caprice of the mighty. The people realized it's destructive potential only if it directly affected them. We could say that the level of the disagreement and the laments is inversely proportional to the distance between the places where the battles took place or where the armies were passing and the residences of the people manifesting them. Despite the sufferings of the war and the economic exhaustion, very soon after the battles had stopped, news about the natural cycles and the harvest started to reappear in the chronicles. Those were undoubtedly the events of a great importance for a person of that time.
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Contacts between Frederick V and Ottoman empire during the bohemian estate rebellion
Vašíčková, Martina ; Hausenblasová, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Stellner, František (referee)
Although the Bohemian Revolt (1618-1620) has received a great deal of attention from historians in the past, many circumstances - especially in the area of international relations - remain unclear. These include diplomatic contacts between the insurgents and the Ottoman Empire. The bachelor's thesis deals with the development of negotiations between the Prince- elector Fredrick V, who became King of Bohemia in the years 1619-1620, and the Ottoman Empire. Thesis tries to map the whole meeting from the sending of the first message by Fredrick V to Constantinople, through the stay of Mehmed Aga in Prague in autumn 1620, ending with the second message to Constantinople in November 1620. The work aims to reveal the external circumstances that affect the decision-making of individual participants about foreign policy strategies during the uprising. In particular, the role of the Prince of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Poland will be in the forefront.
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International reasons for US entry into World War II in the context of relations with Great Britain
Modrý, Jan ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the topic of international reasons for the entry of the United States into World War II in the context of relations with Great Britain. The thesis aims to analyze what events and their effects affected the relations of these countries and what influenced the entry of the United States into the war in December 1941. It examines the various aspects of relations such as diplomatic disputes and cooperation, contacts, strategic planning or also rivalry and cooperation in the field of economy and supply. At the same time, mutual relations and the pre-war American position are contrasted with the American domestic political situation and isolationism. The work is limited in time to the years 1933- 1941, from the accession of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the presidency until the entry of the United States into World War II. Key Words: United States of America, Great Britain, Second World War, international relations, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill
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The Perception of American Civil War in Today's American Society
Buršíková, Kristýna ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Opatrný, Josef (referee)
The bachelor's thesis will examine one of the aspects of the perception of the Civil War in today's southern American states. The examples of several removed Confederate statues will show the time in which they were built, but also their current impact on the cultural and social environment of the United States. With the help of professional literature, newspaper articles in the American media and opinion polls, it will be examined how the statues are removed and destroyed and what is the general public opinion about their presence and their destruction. Keywords Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederacy, Lost Cause, Statues, Symbols, Racism
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Queen Victoria's cooperation with the premiers Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladston
Procházka, Jakub ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Hennlichová, Marcela (referee)
The bachelor's thesis will examine the cooperation of the British Queen Victoria with the two biggest political rivals on the British political scene in the second half of the nineteenth century. The work will deal with the analysis of Queen Victoria's attitudes to the political negotiations and measures of Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. It also focuses on the personal dimension of this cooperation. The analysis will focus on the development of Queen Victoria's attitudes to the prime minister's policy from the beginning of her reign to the death of Benjamin Disraeli. The aim of this work is to assess Victoria's different behavior towards prime ministers. The analysis will be based on the study of published sources of personal and institutional nature and relevant professional literature, especially Anglo-Saxon historiography.
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