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Witchcraft and Inquisition in "El Crotalón" from a historical-literary perspective
Kožárová, Radka ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The master's thesis Witchcraft and Inquisition in literal and historical context of "El Crótalon" offers a look at displays od the Witchcraft in the literature of first half of the 16th century with special attention on classical Greek and Roman literal models. Furthermore, the thesis analyzes the influence of Erasmus'work and impact of the Reformation movement on intelectual panorama as well as on the popular opinion; it concentrates on the evolution of Witchcraft and its growing influence over the social life. It also studies how the changing caracter of the Witchcraft reflected in the literal activity of its times. Second part of the thesis is dedicated to religious aspects of the Witchcraft, its connection with heretical movements and persecutions by the Inquisition.
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Critical review of Mary Douglas`s Witchcraft Theory
Vacíková, Tereza ; Chlup, Radek (advisor) ; Záhořík, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis has two aims. The first one is exploration of "Grid/Group Theory" as it was presented by its author Mary Douglas in "Cultural Bias" (1978). According to this theory the thinking in the idiom of witchcraft is a product of an perception of specific social structure by an individual. The crux of this thesis should be comparation of social structure of few African societies with their cosmologies according to the empirical materials. It should proof the validation of the theory and also show some dificulties which the student must face during the application. The second aim is description of witchcraft and sorcery phenomenon and attempt to determine its essence or function for society.
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Francesco de Goya: Los Caprichos (The Caprices)
Moučková, Lucie ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
The present work Francisco de Goya: Los Caprichos (Caprices) is dedicated to the analysis of the Francisco de Goya's graphical cycle of the same title. The artist, who was influenced by the ideas of his enlightened friends, by the consequences of a disease that undoubtedly changed his perception of the world, the author, who was encouraged by a desire for free expression in art, represents a landmark between traditional and modern Spanish art. Among the contemporary artistic preferences in the second half of the 18th century, we follow the gradual development of Francisco de Goya - graphic artist, its liberation from conventions and his move to the creation which reflects the author's personality and his views of the society. His original and enigmatic graphic work is based on many contrasts: it is technically innovative as Goya uses an unusual technique of etching and aquatints, and it also thematically reflects the ideas of many previous generations. The work is focused the collection Los Caprichos, which not only reflects the views of Goya's Enlightenment ideas, but it also builds on the rich folk traditions and superstitions. Based on studies of selected prints and literature we are looking for links between apparently different topics. The way the prostitution, witchcraft and the donkey figures...
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Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard - Theory of Witchcraft and Other Mystic Phenomena
Jurásková, Kamila ; Dvořáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Kubišová, Zuzana (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with witchcraft and other mystic phenomena in conception of Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard. It is focused especially on the notion of witchcraft in connection with magic, shamanism and oracles. It describes relation of all these phenomena towards religious belief and various attitudes towards them. It defines respective practices and explains differences between them. Last but not least, it introduces usual reactions to them. Via concrete situation it also shows interconnection of all described phenomena and presents them as a coherent and logical system.
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Unutilized opportunity. To missing prerequisite for start witch-craze in criminal law of town Solnice. Conditions of trials and why did not take place
Kobrlová, Zuzana ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis concerns the issue of witchcraft and its persecution for being one of the greatest offences to Christianity majesty. The introduction is conceived generally and my primary aim was to identify the origin of the witchcraft myth and its ideological sources - the works of the Christian provenance which kept this fallacy alive. Furthermore, the thesis depicts the Czech lands in the period from the 15th to 17th century. The text is focused on the questions of legal anchorage of persecution of the crime of witchcraft, on the evaluation of the historical development in the post-Hussite Bohemia and the use of torture. Final theories are then applied to the concrete cases of use of magic found in the so called Acta Negra book of the town of Solnice from the years 1569-1638. The author tries to portray the Czech environment which was in a sense insufficiently sensitive to the magic and to magical practices in general and to determine the causes which did not lead to unleashing of the trials with the supposed devil's servants. Key words: Church, witchcraft, Malleus Maleficarum, law, torment.
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Female criminality in Tábor during 16th and 17th century
ŠULÁKOVÁ, Eva
The submitted Bachelor thesis deals with female criminality in Tábor during 16th and 17th century where the time range is narrowed between years 1523 and 1609. It briefly summarizes legal standards of the early modern period emphasising the city law. Also, other crimes which were noted in the black book of Tábor are characterised in this work. The punishments meted out to guilty women by aldermen of Tábor are compared with the contemporary law standards represented by Pavel Kristián z Koldína's code of law. The findings from the black book of Tábor are further compared with another black books from the period and even the stories of particular women are not missing.
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The development of criminal law codification in Czech lands in the area of chosen criminal offences
Vojáček, Jan ; Žák, Květoslav (advisor) ; Spirit, Michal (referee)
This thesis describes the development of codification of criminal law in Czech history. At first I described theory of comparative law, further follows the historical development of criminal law since the beginnings of the Czech state. After that I compared individual criminal codes based on division between general and special part. In special part I focused on the scheme of division of criminal offences into sections. At the end I compared adjustment of several criminal offenses in penal codes. This part contains four criminal offences (murder, theft, high treason and crime of witchcraft), which interfere with many areas of human life.
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