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The Painters' Guild in Prague's New Town in 17th and 18th Century
Heisslerová, Radka ; Ebelová, Ivana (advisor) ; Slavíček, Lubomír (referee) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee)
The presented dissertation deals with the history of the painter's guild of the New Town of Prague with the main emphasis on its form and development in the 17th and 18th centuries but doesn't leave aside the period of older history. The work thus focuses on New Town painters from the beginnings of the existence of their guild, through the issuance of the privilege of Emperor Rudolf II. in 1595, by which he granted the Old Town-Lesser Town painter's guild significant privileges, as a result of which the joint development of all Prague painting associations began to take different paths. The thesis also deals with the circumstances leading to the demise of the guild in the 1780s, when the Prague painters' fraternities were abolished by Emperor Joseph II. In addition to the history of the painters' association, the thesis provides an insight into the guild life of New Town painters, which it monitors in individual positions within the guild hierarchy, focuses on the functioning of the association itself, its management, material and written sources, representation of the corporation and individual members, and last but not least, it describes the way of worshiping the patron saint of painters - St. Luke. Because not only members of the guild worked as painters in the New Town of Prague, the work also...
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Franz Philip of Sternberg as Imperial Ambassador to Poland and Saxony, 1749 - 1764
Ansorgová, Kristýna ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Kubeš, Jiří (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to introduce personality and works of imperial diplomat Franz Philip of Sternberg, who was appointed as imperial plenipotentiary at the court of Augustus III in 1749 and who spent there fifteen years. For those purposes, we are first presenting available literature concerning imperial diplomacy and diplomacy in Poland and Saxony in the 2nd half of the 18th century. Sources regarding other diplomats dwelling in Poland and Saxony by that times are also described. Next, we outlined historical sources available for the study of Sternbergs' diplomatic mission. Afterward, we introduced Franz Philip of Sternberg and his prepositions for his position as an imperial diplomat. Based on historical sources, we reconstructed Sternbergs' stay in Saxony and later in Poland, to where he resettled, altogether with Polish-Saxony royal court, after the reversal of longstanding alliances and the beginning of the Seven Years' War. For the reconstruction, we used mainly official diplomatic sources - instructions and relations, which are subsequently, together with diplomatic sources, subjected to diplomatic analysis. Based on unofficial correspondence, we have shown the social network of Franz Philip of Sternberg during his diplomatic stay in Poland and Saxony. In the end, we concluded on...
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New Town of Prague in the Light of the Inspection Protocol of the Theresian Cadastre of 1725
Fúrová, Pavlína ; Ebelová, Ivana (advisor) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee)
(in English): The diploma thesis follows up on the prior attempts to introduce and make available a unique historical source called the inspection protocol of the Theresian Cadastre for Prague towns from 1725 to 1726. This thesis focuses on the New Town, but in some cases it also compares the obtained data with the Old Town and Lesser Town. The theoretical part discusses a whole range of questions that can be answered based on the New Town inspection protocol. The questions include the total number of houses or their division by taxation, house prices as well as occupation and income of homeowners. The houses exterior is evaluated based on the building condition, the material used and the number of storeys. It is possible to study the size of areas that are not built on thanks to an accurate register of garden size. Moreover, this part also concentrates on beer brewing and consumption in New Town pubs. The small scope of the theoretical part is compensated by a content-rich appendix (database), which is in fact an edition of the source in a nontraditional form. It is intended for all scholars interested in Prague residential buildings in the Baroque period. The data from the inspection protocol can be used to compile a history of individual buildings and to study the demographic, social, economic...
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The Lazansky Family in Relation to the Artistic Environment of the Czech Lands
Štěpánek, Jan ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Slavíček, Lubomír (referee) ; Petrasová, Taťána (referee)
of PhD Theses The Thesis is centred around the influence the Lazansky of Bukova aristocratic family had on the artistic environment in the Czech lands from the 16th to 20th century. On the background of their cultural-historical monograph, the author introduces the individual family member's construction and patronage activities, the development of their art collections and the wider context. Using the interdisciplinary research, the author con- fronts the results of his own work with the conclusions of previous researchers. He chal- lenges some of the earlier hypotheses for the Early Modern Age and draws from the untapped sources a wealth of information about the Lazansky family cultural activities in the modern history. He compares the resulting summary with the realizations of other aristocratic families in the Czech lands and in Central Europe. The author's efforts result is the first comprehensive view of the Lazansky of Bukova family in the wider context of cultural history, and in the rehabilitation of their role in artistic patronage. Keywords: Lazansky of Bukova, Marie Gabriela Lazansky, Prokop Lazansky, patronage, art collections, noble families, Manetin, Rabstejn nad Strelou, Chyse, Lubenec.
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The Beginnings of the Independent Czech Provincialate of the Augustinian Eremites Order in the Saint Thomas Monastery from 1604 to cca 1650
Hrdlička, Vojtěch ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
Annotation/Abstract: This thesis has aim to express and define circumstances the establishment of the independent Bohemia province of the order of St. Augustin in 1604 and its development to the end of Thirty Years War. The main emphasis will be put in the constructing of adminstration of new province and in personality of Jan Svitavský z Bochova, the first adminstrator. In view, that residence of the provincialate was the St. Thomas convent in Malá Strana, is necessary to point out the importance of this order convent and describe its dual role: first like seat of administrator, the second like the most important convent among other Augustinian convents of Land of the Crown of Bohemia with respect for its political and cultural significance. The author concentrates on relationships between administrator and convent of St. Thomas in Prague, and particular convents with their priors. Among important aims of thesis will be the discovery, how large autonomy of Augustinian convents was in Czech province and what their relation was with administrator, then detect relationships of administrator to general prior in Rome and papal curia. The establishment of independent Czech province in 1604 has of course connections with first re-Catholization attemps and with the position of St. Thomas convent in complicated...
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Relations of parish priests in Radonice vicarage from zhe years 1676/77
Zich, Leoš ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Ryantová, Marie (referee)
(in English): The main aim of this diploma thesis is to bring an edition of so called reports of parsons (relationes parochorum) of Radonice vicarage from the years 1676/77. In connection with that the thesis describes the origin of this historical source and the territorial development of Radonice vicarage from 1630/31 to the year 1700. The rest of the thesis focuses on some partial aspects of the relation between parsons and their patrons (privat chapells, reports on non-catholics and public sinners, parish schools).
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Coded Correspondence among Documents of the War Office of Matthias von Gallas
Dolejší, Barbora ; Ebelová, Ivana (advisor) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee)
This thesis is a contribution to the research of cryptography at the time of the early modern period. Its aim is to analyze coded correspondence found among other documents of the War Office of Matthias Gallas. First of all, the number of the coded documents is compared to the whole paperwork of Gallas's War Office to identify the ratio of encrypted writings. I also analyze sample letters to demonstrate kinds of ciphers that were used in military sphere during the Thirty Year's War. The sample of the coded letters is chosen in order to present correspondents of different social ranks even though the majority comes from commanders. I drew attention to a topic of letters intercepted by an enemy as well. I outline a content of a few chosen letters although the emphasis is mainly put on palaeography. Studied correspondence falls under the first two leadership periods of Matthias Gallas. A list of all encrypted documents is attached to this thesis as well.
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The End of the Second Northern War in the Mirror of the Imperial Diplomacy. Franz Karl I. Liebsteinsky of Kolowrat and his Mediation of the Peace of Oliwa 1660.
Ansorgová, Kristýna ; Hojda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Hrbek, Jiří (referee)
The aim of the bachelor work is to reconstruct the role of the Emperor's diplomat Franz Karl I. Liebsteinsky from Kolowrat in the peace talks in Oliva, which led to the end of the Polish-Swedish war, which took place between 1655 and 1660. For this purpose, the basic literature on the First Northern War is presented. Also the course of this conflict, from its causes to its consequences, with special consideration to the imperial side. Above that, the work presents general concepts of diplomacy and the development of imperial diplomacy in early modern times, especially in relation to the Poland. The work compares sources that exist, in general and are related to this topic with those available in selected Czech archives. Comparsion is aimed to explanation of theirs activities of imperial diplomats. The personalities of the ambassadors are presented on the basis of literature,published and unpublished sources, with the person of Franz Paul Lisola, considering into account his diplomatic career and with the person of Franz Karl of Kolowrat considering an overview of his life, his family and his career. Above all, the work is focused on the person of the second named, on his journey to Poland, and on his presence on the Polish court from the first audience with King and Queen, through the interim...
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