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Bohuslaus Balbin - a Literary Scholar, Teacher, Hagiographer and Historian
Svatoš, Martin
The lecture presents the important Czech Jesuit 17th century scholar Bohuslaus Balbinus as a writer, literary scholar, teacher of 'humaniora', hagiographer and historiographer of Bohemia. Mainly a summary of his hagiographic and historic works will be given; these will be clarified as a phenomenon of Baroque patriotism of Czech catholic scholars in the 17 century.
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Selections of correspondence between Bohuslav Balbin and Alois Hackenschmidt between 1664-1667
Podavka, Ondřej
The lecture contains part of the correspondence between Bohuslav Balbin and the Premonstratensian Alois Hackenschmidt. The initial part deals with Hackenschmnidt's life and working in the Tepla monastery and summarizes the contents of the letters. These served to mutual cooperation and information flow and render information about numerous Balbin's works and reactions to them. However, the letters also have a personal level. Then follows a commented translation of three Hacksnschmidt's and one Balbin's letter from the given period.
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