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The Reaction to the French Revolution in England
Nováková, Kristýna ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deas with the reaction to the French Revolution in England. The first part summarizes the internal and foreign policy of Britain at the period preceding the storming of the Bastille. Then it examines the response to the revolutionary events on the political scene connected with the declaration of the war. It focuses on three significant politicians: William Pitta the Younger, Charles James Foxe and Edmund Burke. The final part is concerned with the positive and negative influence of the ideas of the Revolution on the English radical movements in the first half of the 19th century and the opinions of selected radicals, particularly Thomas Paine.
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A Contribution to the Study of Early English Settlement in North America
Přívozník, František ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
The Bachelor thesis describes the beginnings of English settlement in North America during the 17th century. The thesis deals with the development of the Roanoke Colony and the causes of its failure, then focuses on the economic and commercial importance of Virginia and the religious issues in this area. The thesis attempts to clarify the motives of England for founding the colonies in the broader foreign policy view, together with many aspects e.g. the social structure of settlers, local governments or relations with the natives. Keywords English Settlement, North America
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On the Road to the Independence: The Contribution to the Study of Anglo-Irish Relations in the Second Half of the 19th Century and at the Beginning of the 20th Century (1851-1914)
Breiová, Alexandra ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
My diploma thesis is mainly concentrating on analyses of relationships between English (British) and Irish people from the time when the 'Great Famine' just past until the First World War. It aims to highlight the key events and analyses it is impact on both countries relationship to each other. Since 1801, when Ireland had become a part of Great Britain and the relations between the Brits (English) and Irish narrowed down by joining these countries. The famine in large scale has very negatively affected their relations and since then the Irish tried to gain more and more independence of the authorities in their country, and above all re-establish the Parliament of Ireland. Their actions were supported and represented by resistance organisation 'Home Rule', which Irish nationalists were tightening to with hope. Since seventies of 19th century Irish parliamentarians was urging demands in order to self- administrate on own parliament soil. The Home Rule Bill, which was also promoted by British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, was however two times disapproved by the parliament. Only in 1914, after restriction the right of veto of the House of Lords by Parliament Act 1911, the Irish Home Rule Bill passed. However, unfortunately for the Irish, the beginning of the First World War intercept it is...
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The Reception of Narcotics by British Scientists and Society in the First Half of the 19th Century
Michlová, Marie ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis analyzes how the British society and scientists perceived the narcotics in the Great Britain during the first half of the 19th century. Numerous sources (including the period medical books, popular magazines, fiction, and letters) were used for this work. The aim was to compare how the people of different professions, ages, education, or rank perceived the narcotics and what had influenced their opinions. There are also several chapters about the physicians and their reception of narcotics, travelers and itineraries, the Opium Wars, animals, and one detailed study about Sir Walter Scott's family.
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Swedish foreign policy during early years of Charles XI's reign
Liška, Martin ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
- The thesis is focused on Swedish foreign policy during the period 1660 - 1675, the early years of Charles XI's reign. Although Sweden is considered as an empire practically all over the 17th century, from the economic point of view it was a weak country. Sweden was totally depending on financial help from its allies, especially during periods of peace, as it was the case between 1660 and 1675. This fact belongs to the main aspects influencing the Swedish foreign policy at this time. Main part of the thesis is dedicated to relations between Sweden and other European states. The most significant were the relations with France and Denmark, since France was the ally which provided Sweden the needed finance. The role of Denmark was also essential because of its geographical position as neighbouring country to Sweden. The thesis indeed discusses relations to some other states that played an important role as well - England, the Netherlands, Brandenburg, other German states, Poland and Russia. The aim of the thesis is not just to analyse the Swedish foreign policy, but even to answer questions if there was any alternative or if the way this policy was conducted was the only possible one and also, if such policy can be considered as success or failure. These questions are answered at the final part of...
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The Family Chotek and Sophie Chotek
Tyrnerová, Lucie ; Županič, Jan (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
The diploma thesis "The Chotek Family and Sophie Chotek" deals with the development of a traditional Czech noble family from the first historical record to the last members of the family who died in 70's of 20th century. Central person of the thesis is Sophie Chotek, the best known woman of the family, who lived from 1868 to 1914. We can read about her life of a single young noblewoman during her service in Bratislava, where she was as a maid-of-honour and where she met her future husband archduke Francis Ferdinand d'Este. They got married on 1st July 1900. The last part of the thesis speaks about fourteen years of marriage. The greater part of this happy time they spent in the Konopiště Castle in Central Bohemia. Sophie and Francis Ferdinand also had three children Sophie, Maxmilian and Ernst of Hohenberg, whose life stories are included, too.
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Egypt in the years of British patronage, 1882-1899. The contribution to the history of British emipre in the 19th century
Valkoun, Jaroslav ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Skřivan, Aleš (referee)
Primarily, Great Britain occupied Egypt due to strategic and defence reasons (a route to India) in 1882; commercial and financial interests appeared secondary. At first the British Government again and again alleged that soldiers would leave as soon as they would establish the order and tranquillity and would renew the authority of the Khedive. Her Majesty's Government repeated this allegation more then sixty times until the WWI broke out. Between the years 1882 and 1914 Egypt was neither a colony nor protectorate de iure, nevertheless the British Consul-General in Cairo administrated the country in a de facto colonial way; the Khedive symbolised only the formal Head of State. During the ensuing decades, the British realised economic, politic, and administrative reforms. Improvement of irrigation system meant the greatest achievement. In the nineties, the reorganization of the Egyptian Administration caused the rise of the nationalist movement, which in 1906 culminated in Dinshaway Incident that forced the well-known proconsul Lord Cromer to leave Egypt. The Sudan always influenced Egyptian events. In 1885 the Mahdi and his followers conquered Khartoum and the rest of the Sudanese territory. Thirteen years later the Mahdists were routed by the British-Egyptian army at the Battle of Omdurman and than both...
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Egypt in the years of British patronage, 1882-1899. The contribution to the history of British emipre in the 19th century
Valkoun, Jaroslav ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Skřivan, Aleš (referee)
Primarily, Great Britain occupied Egypt due to strategic and defence reasons (a route to India) in 1882; commercial and financial interests appeared secondary. At first the British Government again and again alleged that soldiers would leave as soon as they would establish the order and tranquillity and would renew the authority of the Khedive. Her Majesty's Government repeated this allegation more then sixty times until the WWI broke out. Between the years 1882 and 1914 Egypt was neither a colony nor protectorate de iure, nevertheless the British Consul-General in Cairo administrated the country in a de facto colonial way; the Khedive symbolised only the formal Head of State. During the ensuing decades, the British realised economic, politic, and administrative reforms. Improvement of irrigation system meant the greatest achievement. In the nineties, the reorganization of the Egyptian Administration caused the rise of the nationalist movement, which in 1906 culminated in Dinshaway Incident that forced the well-known proconsul Lord Cromer to leave Egypt. The Sudan always influenced Egyptian events. In 1885 the Mahdi and his followers conquered Khartoum and the rest of the Sudanese territory. Thirteen years later the Mahdists were routed by the British-Egyptian army at the Battle of Omdurman and than both...
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Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the desert railway and the British reconquest of the Soudan, 1896-1898. (A contribution to the history of the British Empire in the nineteenth century)
Valkoun, Jaroslav ; Horčička, Václav (referee) ; Kovář, Martin (advisor)
Britské znovudobytí Súdánu probíhalo oficiálně od března 1896 do září 1898. Fakticky však začalo již v lednu 1885, pádem Chartúmu a smrtí generála Gordona. Tyto události se staly latentním "hnacím motorem", který vytvořil celospolečenskou oporu pro jakékoliv akce proti mahdistům, v britské společnosti. Veřejně zmiňovaným důvodem bylo potrestání teroru a násilí, kterého se derviši dopouštěli na "súdánském lidu". Oficiálním a současně i politickým důvodem k tažení byla snaha pomoci zvrátit potupný konec italských koloniálních ambicí ve východní Africe; neoficiální příčina plynula z obav z možné změny statu quo v oblasti horního Nilu. V době extenzivního zemědělství v oblasti dolního Nilu byl osud Súdánu a Egypta nerozlučně spjat s touto řekou. Celá oblast veletoku, od Viktoriina jezera až k deltě, se stala neoddělitelným celkem; potřeba spojit a spravovat obě země pod jednou vlajkou či správou tak byla čím dál naléhavější. Bylo jen otázkou času, kdy dojde k nějaké formě sjednocení. Tato doba nastala příhodným stavem egyptských financí a vhodným obsazením všech klíčových funkcí potřebných k realizaci myšlenky dobýt Súdán - nástup markýze Salisburyho do úřadu ministerského předsedy a ministra zahraničí, sir Evelyn Baring (později lord Cromer) jako generální konzul Egypta, sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener v čele...
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