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Czech Luxembourges in french contemporary historiography
Jedináková, Petra ; Bláhová, Marie (advisor) ; Nejedlý, Martin (referee)
Petra JEDINÁKOVÁ, CZECH LUXEMBOURGES IN FRENCH CONTEMPORARY HISTORIOGRAPHY, Prague, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague 2012. The aim of this thesis is to consider the relationship of Czech Luxembourg dynasty towards the French dynasty and the impact of their policies in western Europe. The work also focuses on different ways of perception of the Luxembourgs in both Czech and French environment and reasons for such observations. The Luxembourg dynasty, being originally an earl family of the French from Luxembourg, always had a strong relation towards France and its ruling dynasty which was based on mutual respect, friendship, similar opinions and also family bonds, the successors were educated at the French court. The two countries supported each other in fight andalso by mutual contact, visits and in terms of diplomacy. We have testimonies regarding these events thanks to medieval sources such as chronicles, annals, documents, correspondence and texts of authors from the French environment, who personally met Czech kings from the House of Luxembourg and therefore left us important insights into the situation of that time. John of Luxembourg has been perceived in as a model of knightly virtues and a brave fighter always loyal to the French king. In Bohemia, he was for centuries...
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Death marches in the region of Přeštice in 1945
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Ivana
The thesis describes death marches that went through the city of Přeštice in the Pilsen region in 1945. The emphasis is on reactions of local people to a direct confrontation to the horrors of the Second World War. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is about location of city of Přeštice. The second chapter generally describes the topic of death marches and death transports, especially the reasons that led to forced transfers of prisoners. In the second half of the chapter it is explained why in the end of the Second World War the majority of death marches went through the territory of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Some cases of solidarity or hatred from local people to the prisoners are shown. The next chapter lists resources which were used in this thesis. The first section of the chapter is dedicated to chronicles from the city of Přeštice and nearby towns. The history, structure and all authors are presented for each chronicle. The next section is about witnesses of death marches that were interviewed - Petr Blažek and Jiří Běl. The last section describes a questionnaire construction that was held in 1946 and its goal was to gather the evidence and map all the deatch marches and transports that went through the czech territory. In the fourth chapter, all the usefull data gathered from used resources are listed and all the places where the resources agree and disagree are outlined. In the end of the thesis, results are concluded and the directions of future research are indicated. The literal transcriptions of interviews, report from the SNB Přeštice, which was a result of the questionnaire construction mentioned above, and maps are also included.
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The Construction of a Historical Reality in Jean Froissart's Chronicles
Soukupová, Věra ; Nejedlý, Martin (advisor) ; Doudet, Estelle Cathrine (referee) ; Croenen, Godfried (referee)
The Construction of Historical Reality in Jean Froissart's Chronicles Jean Froissart, one of the most famous chroniclers of the Middle Ages, is generally recognized for the literary qualities of his work, less so for the credibility of his account. In my research I have endeavoured to follow those scholars whose aim has been to rehabilitate the author by studying him not on the basis of principles which govern our contemporary understanding of history as an academic discipline, but rather on the basis of conceptual movements which conditioned historical writing in the 14th century, taking into account the traditions upon which medieval conception of history was built. Put differently, this work seeks to examine closely the "historical forge" of Jean Froissart. Clearly, Froissart's historical project falls within a specific discourse on historical genres, on relationships between form and truth which an account of deeds is expected to convey, on the manner in which the authority of a story being told is constructed. It is on the very intersection of this context, on the one hand, and the individuality of the author, on the other, that I based my search for the chronicler's perspectives on the writing of history. Froissart was from the outset concerned with the issues of impartiality and credibility...
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Fabula et historia: Vaclav Hajek z Libocan and fictional strategies of historiography
Česká, Jana ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Škarpová, Marie (referee)
So far the academical reception of Czech chronicle by Václav Hájek of Libočany was criticized for not being considerate of the early modern period literary context. It can be concluded from this paper's analysis of previous critiques and interpretations of Hájek's chronicle and from the excerption of key aspects of the theory of fictional worlds, that there is a lack of knowledge about the early modern period discoursive praxis, which defined the fictionality of text(s), as well as about formal and methodical aspects of this kind of work. Only through a thorough inspections of these two aspects it is possible to understand Czech chronicle and similar works as both historiographical sources and components of literary progress. This paper is comprised of selection of theoretical tools meant to identify the distinctions between fictional and non-fictional narratives, of overview of Hájek's chronicle's reception in compendia and editorial comments, and finally of a synthesis of theoretical conclusions and practical classifications of Hájek's chronicle, meaning this paper evaluates their expressive value regarding the current (non-)fictional state of Czech chronicle.
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Czechoslovak Hussite Church in Nesvačily
Hedviková, Jana ; Doskočil, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Houda, Přemysl (referee)
This thesis deals with the history of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church in a village called Nesvačily in the Benešov region. First, it describes the history of the church in general. The main part of the thesis focuses on the formation and the development of the church in Nesvačily from 1922, when the first services under the Czechoslovak Hussite Church were held there, until present day. To write the thesis the following materials were used: several scientific publications, a chronicle of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church in Benešov, a memorial book of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church in Nesvačily, materials from state, church and private archives, interviews with four members of the Nesvačily church community and two representatives of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. Using individual confessions of narrators it is possible to not only verify and reconstruct the course of historical events, but also discover new facts and find out more about the life of the Church during the First Republic period, communist rule and the present time. The aim of the thesis is to study the roots and development of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church in Nesvačily and compare it to the general development of the church. Keywords Czechoslovak Hussite Church, Nesvačily, church formation, communist regime, the present day, oral...
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Czech Luxembourges in french contemporary historiography
Jedináková, Petra ; Bláhová, Marie (advisor) ; Nejedlý, Martin (referee)
Petra JEDINÁKOVÁ, CZECH LUXEMBOURGES IN FRENCH CONTEMPORARY HISTORIOGRAPHY, Prague, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague 2012. The aim of this thesis is to consider the relationship of Czech Luxembourg dynasty towards the French dynasty and the impact of their policies in western Europe. The work also focuses on different ways of perception of the Luxembourgs in both Czech and French environment and reasons for such observations. The Luxembourg dynasty, being originally an earl family of the French from Luxembourg, always had a strong relation towards France and its ruling dynasty which was based on mutual respect, friendship, similar opinions and also family bonds, the successors were educated at the French court. The two countries supported each other in fight andalso by mutual contact, visits and in terms of diplomacy. We have testimonies regarding these events thanks to medieval sources such as chronicles, annals, documents, correspondence and texts of authors from the French environment, who personally met Czech kings from the House of Luxembourg and therefore left us important insights into the situation of that time. John of Luxembourg has been perceived in as a model of knightly virtues and a brave fighter always loyal to the French king. In Bohemia, he was for centuries...
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