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Missionary Jan Kořiska and the end of recatholization in Moravia
Kadlec, Daniel ; Tinková, Daniela (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the life of a priest and missionary Jan Kořiska (1730 - 1790?), the most diligent performer of recatholization in the last generation of Moravian missionaries. The thesis is the first attempt at a complex view of this priest's life. It proceeds both from ecclesiastical and profane archive sources, mostly never used previously. These are mainly the protocols of Olomouc Episcopal Consistory, files of Brno Gubernium and Tribunal concerning secret non-Catholics in Moravia and (partially published) documents from the investigation of Wallachian rebellion in 1777. The aim of this thesis is to show the mutual communication between surviving baroque and emerging enlightenment mentalities and to complete the series of events which lead to the issue of the Patent of Toleration.
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Changes and growth of a small town in time of normalization - the example of Benešov u Prahy
Houzar, Jakub ; Zdichynec, Jan (advisor) ; Najbert, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis deals with the transformation of Benešov u Prahy from a backward town with nine thousand inhabitants to the centre of Podblanicko area with almost twice as many residents. The change did not come easily. The inhabitants and offices dealt with many problems ranging from inadequate transport and business networks to insufficient capacity in school facilities. Within twenty years (1970s and 1980s), Benešov underwent an immense transformation, which is evident at first sight. Prefabricated housing estates were built on the outskirts of the town and in densely built-up areas that had been redeveloped for building purposes. Not even the monuments escaped this remediation. The present-day appearance of Benešov is largely a reflection of fifteen to twenty years of construction activities in the monitored period. How has Benešov changed over the 20 years of the reporting period? What kind of transformation have all parts of the town undergone (center, peripherals)? Was it possible to offer sufficient capacity (housing, work) to new arrivals and old residents? How did Benešov cope in terms of services (education, transport, apartments, business network) with almost twice the number of inhabitants? How was everyday life in transformed Benešov in this period? This work tries to answer these...
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The Thought-world of utraquist priest Václav Rosa
Francová, Marie ; Zilynská, Blanka (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
Václav Rosa was utraquist priest, who got his ordination in 1516. Since that time he had replaced several parishes in the Bohemia. He passed away in 1560. Besides casual experiences of lower clergy his notes contain the view into the contemporarythinkingand the perceptionof the world. This thesis follows up my bachelor thesis, which is called Václav Rosa's writings as source for cognitionof religious situationinthe first half of the 16thcentury. This master thesis is focused on Rosa's library and its content, his dreams and his opinions are compared with other utraquist authors, who are Šimon of Slaný, Jan Bechyňka, Vaněk Valečovský, Bohuslav Bílejovský, Jan Laetus and the Priest of Černovice. The aim of this thesis is to detail Rosa's personality and places him in the picture frame of utraquist clergy.
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The second life of church anti-Nazi resistance in the catholic-oriented press of the third Czechoslovak republic
Mařík, Ondřej ; Zdichynec, Jan (advisor) ; Koura, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses the second life of the church anti-Nazi resistance, including its persecution as reflected in the selected Catholic-oriented press of the third Czechoslovak republic, i.e. in the years 1945-1948, especially in the magazines Katolík and Obzory. The first two chapters are devoted to the contemporary context and the press under study, and the most comprehensive chapter gives an overview of the second life of the church resistance in six subchapters, according to the object of commemoration. The thesis draws on selected contemporary national and regional press and secondary literature on church resistance and persecution during the Second World War and on the third Czechoslovak republic. On the basis of a thorough analysis of contemporary texts, the aim of this thesis is to describe the immediate second life of the church resistance with regard to its political use.
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Roman Senate and Army. The Crisis of the Roman Empire in 235-238.
Mošnička, Martin ; Kepartová, Jana (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
This thesis explores the period of crisis that the Roman Empire entered after the death of Alexander Severus, as described by the British historian and writer Harry Sidebottom in his three-part novel The Throne of Caesars: Iron and Rust, Steel and Blood, Fire and Sword. The work focuses primarily on the role of the army in the chaos of the third century AD. It contains questions of philosophy (Epicureans, Stoics, Pythagoreans), religion (traditional Roman and indigenous cults and superstitions), literature (knowledge of literature among intellectuals versus ordinary soldiers as obedient machines), the question of the feeling of superiority of the Romans compared to the defeated barbarians from the north, patriotism, careerism, egoism, self-sacrifice, friendship, propaganda, etc. Propaganda and manipulation of public opinion, so important for every single emperor, is then discussed in more detail in my work. The lives and evaluation of the significance of the works of those ancient authors (namely Héródiános, Aurelius Victor, Zósimos, Ammianus Marcellinus) are briefly described at the beginning of the work, from which important information on the topic can be obtained. I also consider it crucial to briefly introduce the military emperors to the reader (these are Alexander Severus, Maximinus Thrace,...
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Faith, people and money. Fulnek monastery of Augustinian-canons and the lords between the Middle ages and the early modern period
Macháčová, Zuzana ; Zdichynec, Jan (advisor) ; Brčák, Marek (referee)
This thesis is devoted to the canonry of the Augustinian canons in Fulnek and its relations with the Fulnek nobility in the changing times. The emphasis is laid on the analysis and critical evaluation of the development of the encounters and struggles of the monastery with the hierarchy over time in it's connection to the confessional affiliations of the individual actors. The time frame of the thesis is defined by the period immediately preceding the foundation of the monastery, i.e. the foundation of the canonry by the Lords of Kravaře and the related processes in the 1480s on the one hand and the culmination of religious disputes in the country in 1620 with the Battle of White Mountain on the other. It covers both the medieval and early modern eras. The local microhistory is set in the broader context of the general ecclesiastical and political history of the Czech lands.
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Dominicans at the turn of Baroque and Enlightenment Convents of today's North Bohemia in the Theresian and Josephinian Age
Kořítková, Eliška ; Zdichynec, Jan (advisor) ; Brčák, Marek (referee)
The thesis concentrates on three Dominican convents located in the territory of today's northern Bohemia. It includes the convents in Litoměřice, Ústí nad Labem and Jablonné v Podještědí. The timeframe is defined by the reign of Maria Theresia and her son Joseph II., approximately from 1740 to 1790. This thesis focuses on the relationships between the convents and their surroundings (especially towns of various types and sizes), which are described through various specific topics. The thesis concerns with narrative sources of monastic provenance, with the situation of the convents during wars and with the peregrination of the friars between the convents. Furthermore, the study presents a unique case of sorcery at Mariánská skála in Ústí nad Labem, which is related to the local convent. Finally, the efforts of Joseph II. to dissolve the convents are depicted. Key words Dominicans; Litoměřice; Ústí nad Labem; Jablonné v Podještědí; monastic historiography; Rudolphus Kleinnickl; Conradus Damasco; convent and town; convent and war; peregrination; dissolution of the monasteries
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