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Spain of Charles V from The Perspective of Spanish and Foreign Historiography
Samková, Eva ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Doležalová, Eva (referee)
Eva Samková: Španělsko Karla V. pohledem španělské a zahraniční historiografie bakalářské práce Abstract Bachelor thesis "Spain of Charles V in the vision of the Spanish and foreign historiography" focuses on the person and government of Emperor Charles V in Spain in the years 1516- 1556. The aim of the thesis is to compare texts, ideas and theories in the works of historians engaged in European history of the 16th century and the person of the Emperor Charles V. Specifically, the works of the Spanish historian M. F. Álvarez (Biografia de una nacion. Madrid 2010), German historians K. Brandi (Emperor Charles V. The growth and destiny of a man and of a world-empire. London 1968) and F. Seibt (Charles V. Emperor and the Reformation. Prague 1999), Austrian historian F. Heer (European spiritual history. Prague 2000) and international collection of essays, whose editor is H. Soly (Charles V. 1500-1558 and his time. Antverps) 1999). First is introduction to the life and personality of Charles V in the brief biography and a further follow excerpts from each studied books, supplemented by quotations from the original text. Finally, the actual comparison of the aforementioned literature.
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Mikuláš Dačický of Heslov. Personality, work and afterlife
Matyášová, Josefína ; Šedivá Koldinská, Marie (advisor) ; Hausenblasová, Jaroslava (referee)
Mikuláš Dačický of Heslov. Personality, Work and Afterlife Abstract On the basis of archival sources and relevant secondary literature, the thesis explores the life of Mikuláš Dačický of Heslov, one of the best-known Czech historical figures of the latter half of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. The work focuses on the social, political, economic, administrative, and religious circumstances in the royal city of Kutná Hora, with which Dačický's life was closely related. With a view to preserved period sources, it outlines and recapitulates the accessible information about the famous swashbuckler, rioter, ruffian, killer, and drunkard who was also a prolific chronicler, poet, an ardently religious armorial burgher with unswayable moral views, and an 'eyewitness to the Czech Renaissance'. The found facts are contrasted with the 'second life' (afterlife) of Mikuláš Dačický of Heslov which was provided for him by the novelists and dramatists of the 19th and 20th century. His character, and especially his temperament outraged the citizens of Kutná Hora and inspired many modern authors of plays and TV dramas, novels, film scripts, and musical works for the stage (operetta, opera, and musical). In the field of food industry and restaurant culture, some interesting examples of his name being...
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Recatholisation Practice in Local Perspective.
Zahradník, Pavel ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee) ; Novotný, Miroslav (referee)
of the doctoral thesis Title: Recatholisation Practice in Local Perspective Subtitle: The Relationship of Re-Catholisation and Restoration of Ecclesiastical Administration in the Mladá Boleslav District and in the Northern part of the Hradec Králové District (selected questions). Keyword: recatholisation, ecclesiastical administration, baroque devoutness, District of Mladá Boleslav, District of Hradec Králové, 17th century, 18th century In this doctoral thesis I examine the relationship between lower ecclesiastic administration, re-Catholisation practices and advancing penetration of Baroque religiousness into the lives of inhabitants of the Mladá Boleslav district and of the Northern part of the Hradec Králové District in the 17th and 18th century. The activity ratio of mentioned agents is being observed on the basis of several selected questions. First, I define and explain key terms such as Catholic confessionalisation, recatholisation, Counter-Reformation, Catholic reformation and Baroque religiousness. Then I follow the proceeding of re-Catholisation of the Czech lands in the Central European context. The following chapter deals with the re-Catholisation legislation. Next part of my thesis describes gradual improvement in the operation of parish administration from the perspective of...
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Repatriation of Czech White Mountain Battle exiles from Poland to Bezdružice after the Second World War
Kvasničková, Zdeňka ; Foltýn, Dušan (referee)
This graduation thesis talks about returning emigrants who left in the middle of the eighteen century because of then forbidden evangelical denomination into Prussia, and about their return back to the motherland. First chapters talk about the consequences of the White Mountain Battle in 1620 for non-Catholics, their move into foreign land and general religious situations in Czech countries during the eighteen century. Other chapters of this thesis describe the life of non-Catholics in foreign land and the rise of major Czech colonies in today's Poland. The major portion of this work describes, based on memories of the eye witnesses, the return of emigrants from the Polish Tábor into then Czech and Slovak Republic after WWII and their new beginnings in the home land, specifically in villages Zhořec, Kamýk, Pačín and Loučky in the Bezdružice region. This thesis talks about original german inhabitants too and their transfer to Germany. Here it is described, assignment of farmsteads and land to returning emigrants, elections in the village of Zhořec, in which some of the candidates were new emigrants, the coming into existence of local division of the Board of Czech Exiles in Zhořec. Extensive chapter of this work also represents the origin of Evangelical Czech Church in Černošín and The Unity of...
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Religious question as a factor of disintegration of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Laube, Pavel ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Picková, Dana (referee)
The major purpose of this study is to analyze principles of the multiconfessional society in the early modern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. I focus mainly on conflicts between elites of the different religion which I analyze through the concept of collective identities. The main target group of the analysis is the highest political elite of the Commonwealth. Through examples of the leading magnates from Lithuania and Ukraine I show the relation between different collective identities, loyalties and political pragmatism in the time of political crisis after the year 1648. My question is, how far different religion influenced formation of the political camps and behaviour of magnates in this age. I conclude that religion was an important factor in forming of the opposition groups and conflicts but one can not see the magnate society strictly devided between confessional groups. The different religion played an important role if it merged with other collective identities such as class, regional or national identity. This was the case of the conflict in Ukraine.
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The travels of the prohibited books to Bohemia after the battle of White Mountain in 1620
Pourová, Miroslava ; Šípek, Richard (advisor) ; Večeřová, Petra (referee)
This bachelor thesis introduces topic of distribution of the prohibited books in the Czech Lands during recatholisation after the Battle of White Mountain. In the first part, author defines the basic terms "prohibited books" and "censorship". The attention is focused on the church censorship, implementation of censorship and censorship measures. In the second part, author discusses origin and history of the prohibited books in the world and in the Czech Lands and origin of their indices. The final part describes the handling of prohibited literature, the possibility of obtaining of the banned books by the Czech readers from foreign countries and circulation of domestic production.
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Pavel Michna of Vacínov
Bouček, Jan ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
There are only a few works available dealing with the Czech Early New Times and not mentioning the name of Pavel Michna z Vacínova. The man who succeeded in overcoming barriers of his middle class origin and making himself an indispensable advisor to top representatives of the Czech Kingdom and even Emperor Ferdinand II and to manage elevation to Imperial Earldom towards the end of his life. Michna, a butcher's son from Budyně nad Ohří, became thanks to patronage of the High Chancellor of the Czech Kingdom Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkowicz in the early part of the 17th century the Czech Kingdom Court Office Secretary and reinforced a group of catholic militants who gradually started to exploit the Czech Kingdom Court Office for the benefit of their own influence at the expense of Protestant majority. Even though Michna had signed the Imperial Charter of Rudolf II that guaranteed all subjects in the Kingdom freedom of worship, he alone prosecuted Protestants during his office period in the Czech Kingdom Court Office and was aiming to restrict their rights. The hate of Protestants against Michna culminated on May 23, 1618, when he should have been one of the victims of the Defenestration of Prague. He had learned of plans of the plotters on time and rescued himself fleeing to Vienna to the Imperial...
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Non-Catholics in the Domain of Trebic in the 17th and the 18th Centuries
Honč, Petr ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor)
This research is primarily focused on the non-Catholic population in the domain of Trebic in the 17th and 18th centuries. A brief summary of the previous religious development in the above mentioned domain during the Reformation period and Thirty Years' War enables us to prove, that falling apart of the confessional identity had already been registered before the beginning of systematic recatholisation. Until then, the domain of Trebic had been a favourite refuge for the refugees from Bohemia. The description of the process of recatholisation in the town of Třebíč and villages of its domain is one of the key topics of this research. Another focus of this work is to demonstrate the contribution of the parish network in the frame of the Třebic's deanship, which was a key success factor for the recatholisation process. A second main topic, and a core issue of this work, is the situation in the domain after the October 1781, when Joseph II. put into effect the Edict of Tolerance. The emphasis is put on the adhesion of non-Catholics to one of the Protestant confessions tolerated by the State and on the challenges emerged as a follow-up. A rupture between Protestants regarding the choice between the Augsburg and Helvetic Confession almost ended hopes for their own congregation.
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Marian devotion in Bohemia after the Battle of White Mountain: example of the work of J. I. Dlouhoveský
Smyčková, Kateřina ; Zdichynec, Jan (advisor) ; Sládek, Miloš (referee)
This thesis engages in the Marian cult in Bohemia in the second half of the 17th century. The first, general part is the characteristic of the Marian devotion with the secondary literature, followed by a chapter on Czech prints with the Marian theme (1650-1750). The base of the thesis is the analysis of the work of J. I. Dlouhoveský (1638-1701). The analysis focuses on some forms of the Marian cult: pilgrimage, cult of saints (especially of Bohemian patrons), Marian devotion in the Habsburg dynasty and a folk piety. The last chapter deals with the literary self-presentation of Dlouhoveský (example of the Marian devotee). The appendix consists of the inventory of all works of Dlouhoveský, and of the graphs that summarize information about the Marian prints (1650-1750).
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