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Testaments of Bohemian Noblewomen in the Period from 1650 to 1753. Gender and the Legitimization Strategy of the Nobility within the Early Modern testamentary Discours
SWIDEROVÁ, Kristina
The thesis Testaments of Bohemian Noblewomen in the Period from 1650 to 1753. Gender and the Legitimization Strategy of the Nobility within the Early Modern testamentary Discours is based on the set of accounts left by noblewomen, and tries to find out the role of gender and the meaning of piety within the testamentary field. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis confronted with prescriptive document´s point of view, it examines the testamentary field at three different levels. First of all, it focuses on the contemporary legal status of women. Secondly it deals with the formal structure and terms of last wills, such as property settlement, which is usually the main reason for testaments being composed. But the emphasis is laid on the testamentary piety, which is perceived among others as a means of the legitimization of the nobility itself, for which the process of the adjustments before death was well suited. The thesis is complemented by a standalone chapter researching codicils, documents supplementing or altering original settlements for the case of death. The comparison of their mutual content with last wills reveals real religious feelings, which are otherwise disguised by the emphasis laid on the formality of the testament{\crq}s text. The main goal of the research is to help in the understanding of creation and manifestation of gender roles in different areas of early modern society´s lifestyles as well as to contribute to the recognition of the changes that, at latest by the beginning of 19th century, led to general secularization of the religious practices.
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The wedding of Adam of Schwarzenberg and Margareta of Pallant in 1613
MICHŇOVÁ, Nikola
The central topic of the presented bachelor theses is the wedding of Adam of Schwarzenberg and Margareta of Pallant. The main attention has been paid to the wedding celebration crowned with a magnificent feast as an important means of representation of the newly wedded couple. The main aim of the theses was to reconstruct the wedding celebration and to interpret its symbolic significance. The these also focus on the catering for the wedding, the equipment and decoration of the banquetting halls as well as of the kitchen area and on the variety of the meals that appeared on the wedding menu. Furthermore, the theses pay attention to the servants and kitchen staff who were involved in the preparation and in the whole process of the celebration as were as to the noble guests who also took part in the wedding. The presence of such guests played an important role in the self-presentation of the newly wedded couple as it expressed its social status in the similar way as the wedding feast. The material culture of the wedding celebration as well as the composition of the wedding menu crowned with an impressive wedding cake had their symbolic significance that reflected the ways of thinking and the values and beliefs of the early modern society.
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Material culture of early modern town house shown on the example of finding a mass form the well of house no. 55 in Český Krumlov
PREUSZ, Michal
This thesis in archeological point of view deals with civilization of burgher house No. 55 in Latrán - Český Krumlov. In the backyard of municipal house a well was revealed in the year 1998, which secured plentiful and varietal collection of early modern ceramic, glass, leader, metal and wooden artefacts. Beside that also animal bones were founded and botanical macro-remnants were detracted. On the basisof komparative research especially with scientific literature and written and inconographic sources the thesis tries to set archaeological findings into historical kontext and upgrade archaeological find classification and also to make dating of set more accurate and there by learn everyday life in burgher house in Český Krumlov from 16th to 18th century.
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Archaeobotanical analysis of the waste-vault infill from Vladislav Hall, Prague castle
IRMIŠOVÁ, Jitka
The archaeobotanical analysis of the waste infill contributed to understanding its origin and composition based of two types of sample extraction. Large amount of desiccated botanical marco-remains was determinated. Beside of the common taxa rare imported species were also captured. Some of them are the first determinations in Central Europe; one case is the first evidence in Europe at all. The richness and uniqueness of the archaeobotanical collection declare the high society status, economical and cultural centre of the Prague castle in the early modern period.
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Image of a woman and her world optics funeral sermon in the early modern urban enviroment
ANTONOVÁ, Petra
The thesis discusses the structure of thought of the early modern period world view focusing on the female ideal scheme in urban environment. The funeral sermon file within this time period became the source of the thesis. The theoretical part offers a literature overview and then a general introduction to the funeral sermons, taking into account the nature of the literature formation. The practical part deals with the analysis of female perpective themes in the field of funeral sermons. This section is divided into several subchapters. Primarily there is a space devoted to basic elements which used to form a part of female existance. These elements in their final consistency refer to the nature of women´s predicament in the early modern world. Furthermore the thesis devotes space to basic ideas of funeral sermons which fundamentally were involved in the construction of the text and simultaneously shape its entire character. The conclusion was left to the edition of funeral sermons themselves.
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The Housekeeper by Jan Brtvín of Ploskovice and Mikuláš Černobýl
ŠVEHLOVÁ, Veronika
This diploma thesis is divided into three chapters. The work written by Jan Brtvín of Ploskovice and Mikuláš Černobýl represents the main part of this thesis. Daniel Adam of Veleslavín put together their separate prints and published them under the title men-tioned before. The first chapter is focused on the summary of this work. The supplement of the thesis is formed by the edition of this print. The second chapter is focused on the comparison of duties of clerks in this work with their duties in reality. The third chapter tries to pay attention on the representation of the books with this theme in church, clois-tral and bourgeois libraries.
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Matrimony strategies of the Czech aristocracy in the pre-White Mountain period
TARANTOVÁ, Kateřina
The goal of this diploma thesis, Marriage Strategies of the Czech Aristocracy in the Pre-White Mountain Period, is to introduce strategies, which the members of aristocracy, especially the high nobility, exploited in the period before the battle of White Mountain. The choice of partner is understood in this context as a means of self-presentation of an individual and his or her family, and as symbol of the aristocracy's identity in the early modern period. This diploma thesis is based on a database of marriages of Czech aristocrats between 1500 and 1650, utilising available literature and published sources. The thesis analyses these known facts and observes how the above mentioned strategies differed in dependence on the social and property status of the family. Firstly, the requirements when choosing a partner related to social aspects: for example the social group of the bridesroom and bride; whether their marriage was within their social group, or if marriages between a man from knighthood and woman from nobility and vice versa were common; whether brothers and sisters married partners from the same social group or first-borns married partners from higher social groups than their younger siblings, or vice versa. Secondly, there are geographical aspects: for example the region from which men chose their brides; and whether they preferred women of Czech or foreign origin. Finally, the role of religion will be discussed, to determine whether it was a crucial factor when choosing a partner, and whether marriages of people of different beliefs were possible.
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Duels in Bohemia in Early Modern Period
ŠÁRO, Ondřej
The thesis focuses on the problems of Early Modern Period duels concentrating on aristocratic milieu in Bohemia. The thesis is divided into three chapters. Chapter 1 outlines the problems based on up to now findings especially foreign historical science. A necessary part is the evaluation of the existing literature on up-to-date subject, brief introduction of the methodological approach and an outline of the possible thematic areas. In association with the thematic areas, it is possible to pay attention to the problems of duels. In this Chapter is also a detailed introduction to the chosen methodological solution {--} historical-anthropological draft of honour in the Early Modern Period. The Early Modern Period is based on many categories as e.g. inward and outward honour, honour of a male and a female or individual and collective honour. Chapter 2 puts the Early Modern Period in a spatiotemporal context and tries to introduce not only the predecessor in the way of medieval court duels, aristocratic hate perhaps even knightly tournaments but also his successors in the way of strictly ritualistic duels of the long 19th century. A special attention is paid to an analysis of duel books of references of the 19th century, which is supposed to serve as a solution for the third chapter. Chapter 3 is a personal analysis of the Early Modern Period considering all possible aspects which are possible to be discovered in the context. Attention is paid to all possible reasons of the beginning of the Early Modern Period duels, direct and indirect participants, circumstances which accompanied the Early Modern Period as well as potential results for all parties concerned. The Early Modern duel should be roughly outlined as an original development in the history of duels in terms of untold references in the source of personal nature and personal research. The same emphasis is put in the involvement of a duel as a indivisible part of the intellectual world of the Early Modern period of a human being with a special consideration to the milieu of the noble people. The aim of the thesis is to prove the peculiarity of the Early Modern Period duel and to refer to the characteristic place in the inward world of the then noble rank as well as other ranks of the society.
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The body and the sin. One of a woman{\crq}s image in the moralist literature in the early modern period
VÁŇOVÁ, Gabriela
The body and the sin. One of a woman{\crq}s image in the moralist literature in the early modern period Annotation The diploma work is aimed at an early modern woman seen from the moralist authors´view. The work ranks among the contributions connected with gender roles research in the society of the studied period. The sources that it takes on come from the 16th and 17th centuries and they are aimed against woman{\crq}s wickedness which were connected with woman{\crq}s carnality. The body as a tool of a trespass is represented as a connecting unit through the individual chapters and at the same time it work as the main symbol of the woman{\crq}s trespass. In connexion with the carnality the most feared sins are mentioned, such as pride, adultery or fornication. In additoin to these particular trespasses the moralist authors also pointed out possible snares or potential ways leading to the trespass, such as dance or a pure and simple woman{\crq}s glimpse. Even these opinions show it was very important to keep out women of ill fame because even a simple slander could raise doubts of everyone{\crq}s probity. The aim of the diploma work is an elucidation of images of women dominated in the society in the early modern period. The work should outline a certain bipolarity that is, in connexion wiht a women, evident in the moralist authors` writings. In this a woman of the early modern period was conceived either as a redeemer or on the other hand as a wicked woman whereas the main thought of the work elucidation of period opinions of a woman as a sinner is.
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Baptism In The Thinking of Early Modern Burghers
JIROUTOVÁ, Kateřina
The birth and the baptism of child were significant events in the life of people in all historical periods. This diploma thesis demonstrates meaning of the baptism rite and its reflection in the urban society in the Early Modern Age. In comparison to bachelor thesis was used more sources. The research of six families memoirs is supplied with analysis of parish register of Český Krumlov town from 1662 to 1666. Sources of religious area represents catholic, evangelical and Lutheral clerical works and especially polemics. Wider spectrum of sources made possible deeper sight at meaning of baptism and confrontation between religious order and everyday practice in baptism and godparenthood in towns in the 16. and 17. centuries.
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