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The Kingdom of Acre
Janoš, Ondřej ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Drška, Václav (referee)
The main topic of the thesis is basic problems of the Kingdom of Acre from 1187 to 1291. The first part briefly outlines the situation in Palestine during the First crusade, founding of Kingdom of Jerusalem, the increase of its importance and prestige in the political situation of the Middle East. Chapter ends with a fatal battle of Hattin. The second chapter, which is the main part of the whole work, is dedicated to restoring the kingdom during the Third crusade, internal struggles between the political factions , the resistance of the nobility against the centralized royal power, pursue of keeping the occupied territories and the problems that led to the downfall of the Kingdom by the conquest of the capital city of Acre in 1291. In this chapter I also want to present historical figures which have the historical influence on development of the Holy Land. Keywords Crusade, the kingdom, the nobility, Acre, Jerusalem, Antioch, Byzantine Empire, Muslims, Christians
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The Reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I., 527-565
Žaludová, Jaroslava ; Veverková, Kamila (advisor) ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (referee)
The diploma thesis " The Reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I., (527 - 565)" deals with the life and the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. The aim of the thesis is to perform the Justinian effort to reach the symphony between the State and the Church.The first chapter leads us to the ages preceding the Justinian's Reign and gets acquainted us with the political and dynastic history. From the second chapter of the thesis deals with its main topic, the Emperor Justinian I., his life and reign and with his foreign, internal and religious policy. The final part presents appreciating of Justinian's personality.
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Roman consulship and its status in the political life of the Byzantine Empire
Havlík, Tomáš ; Picková, Dana (advisor) ; Drbal, Vlastimil (referee)
- 5 - Abstract: Bachelor thesis "Roman consulship and its status in the political life of the Byzantine Empire" deals with the development of consulate in the Eastern Roman Empire between 395 and 641. Thesis tries to identifiy the role of consulship in Byzantium, its importance and perception thereof by emperors, citizens of Constantinople and the rest of the empire. To that end this thesis utilizes contemporary juridical, narative and artistic sources. It also focuses on the way in which this magistracy was filled and ultimately merged with imperial dignity.
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The Kingdom of Acre
Janoš, Ondřej ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Drška, Václav (referee)
The main topic of the thesis is basic problems of the Kingdom of Acre from 1187 to 1291. The first part briefly outlines the situation in Palestine during the First crusade, founding of Kingdom of Jerusalem, the increase of its importance and prestige in the political situation of the Middle East. Chapter ends with a fatal battle of Hattin. The second chapter, which is the main part of the whole work, is dedicated to restoring the kingdom during the Third crusade, internal struggles between the political factions , the resistance of the nobility against the centralized royal power, pursue of keeping the occupied territories and the problems that led to the downfall of the Kingdom by the conquest of the capital city of Acre in 1291. In this chapter I also want to present historical figures which have the historical influence on development of the Holy Land. Keywords Crusade, the kingdom, the nobility, Acre, Jerusalem, Antioch, Byzantine Empire, Muslims, Christians
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The religious and political Background of the beginning of the First Crusades Founding
Novotný, Lukáš ; Hrdlička, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (referee)
7 ABSTRACT Title: THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BACKGROUD OF THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST CRUSADES FOUDING The objective of this diploma thesis The religious and political Background of the beginning of the First Crusade Fouding is, to present the circumstances and the events, which preceded the beginning of the First Crusade on basis of examining literature. Further the thesis aims to clarify the three significant civilizations (European, Byzantine and Muslim), which participated in the crusade. The thesis itself is divided in several main sections: 1. Holy Land and the pilgrimage (pilgrim) tradition 2.Christians and Muslims fighting before the First Crusade. 3. Turbulent wartime conditions in Western Europe after the collapse of the Carolingian Empire. 4. The struggle for investiture. 5. Convening of the expedition. 6. The main leaders of the First Crusade. 7. Europe, Byzantium and the Muslim world of the XIth century - religion, life, culture and philosophy. 8. The World of Western Europe in the XIth century 9. World of the XIth century Byzantine Empire 10. World of the Muslim Asia Minor in the XIth century. 11. The chroniclers of the First Crusade. While studying the topic I mostly used secondary literature. Mainly I relied on the first volume of the work A History of the Crusades, which is a high quality...
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