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The Golden Age of Martial Arts of Europe
Šlapák, Vojtěch ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to depict the golden era of European martial arts, which I consider to have developed in the "long" sixteenth century.This century is probably the most diverse one in European history in terms of weaponsused and fighting stylesintroduced. It was permeated by the fading phenomenon of chivalry, which last showed up in its full glory. Also, it is the age of mercenaries gloriously mastering the battlefields with their often dishonest, though effective tactics. But early modernperiod was anera of another victory, too. It was the beginning of a new type of warrior. Old medieval fencing was overcome by nimble styles arriving from Mediterranean area. The journey of these technical styles was one full of Renaissance spontaneity but also blood from thousands of duels. In Czech lands,this turning pointis already chronicledintheera of Rudolph II., which was a haven for various arts. Key words: Boxing - Cord - Duel - Europe - Fencing - Giacomo di Grassi - Knight - Mercenary - Nicolaes Petter - Pankration - Renaissance - Salvatore Fabris - Sword - Swordplay - Swordsman - Talhofer - Weapons - Wrestling
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Historical fiction and post-modernism. View of the older Czech history in the works of Milos Urban
Brožová, Karolína ; Šedivá Koldinská, Marie (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
(in English) The aim of this work is especially the post-modern art, its symbols and manifestations. The main area of this research is post-modern literature and effort to concretise post-modern symbols in literature. This work is also trying show the influence of post-modern on historiographical approach. The solution of this work goes from general manifestations of post-modern to particular manifestation in post-modern literature. The main source represented the set of monographs about this theme. The significantly part is about publications of Czech author Milos Urban, and especially the interview of author this thesis with him. On the particular symbols was able to improved, that Milos Urban really writing literature with influence of post-modernism. The post-modern symbols in literature and also the influence of post-modern on historiography were managed to described and instanced.
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Czechoslovakia in the ideas of Edvard Benes at Paris Peace Conference in the years 1918-1919
Samková, Marcela ; Šmíd, Marek (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
The thesis focuses on the form changes of postwar Czechoslovakia at the Paris Peace Conference in 1918-1919 concerning the personality of Foreign Minister Edvard Benes and describtion and interpretation of his ideas, which were confronted with the reality of the political elites of the time and the views of the contemporary press. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the Benes's efforts related to the formation of postwar Czechoslovakia, his foreign anchorage, international guarantees and bonds, its borders and relations with neighboring countries, etc., whose final form we know, but we're not already familiar with their alternative tendencies and ideas, which changed at the Paris Peace conference.
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Origin and development of historical event - historical and anthropological perspective on the issue of history of overseas discoveries.
Szarowská, Markéta ; Šenovský, Jakub (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
The present master's thesis with the title "Rise and Development of a Historical Event - Historico-Anthropological View of the History of Overseas Discoveries" discusses the rise and development of a historical event through the sociocultural point of view. It discusses how the sociocultural peculiarities of the society at that time influenced the shaping of events that later became an important historical account from the historians' perspective. One of the substantial methodological resources for the present study is the approach developed by Michele de Certeau and his theoretical elaboration of the process called "writing of history". The first chapter deals with the historical anthropology as the methodological approach in the historical investigation. The second chapter focuses on Michele de Certeau and his studies in the field of historiography. In the third chapter there is a historical overview called "The Century of Overseas Discoveries" focusing on the century when the crucial historical events took place - great discovery voyages. The fourth and fifth chapters are based on the previous theoretical texts on historical anthropology and Michele de Certeau. The aim of this master's thesis is to relate these new approaches of historical investigation to the presented topic of the history of...
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Municipality Nučice in the course of the centuries
Jíchová, Jana ; Doležalová, Eva (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
The project intends to outline the history of the municipality Nučice (district Prague -East) in the context of contemporary political and social development. The main objective is to describe the history of the municipality since its foundation up to this day on the background of general historical context. An output of the study will be a proposal for an educational trail running through the most interesting places of Nučice and its neighbourhood, and a booklet "The most interesting places in Nučice and its neighbourhood", informing the public in brief about the history of the municipality. Keywords Nučice, municipal history, Černokostelecko, red sandstone, associations, educational trail
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Village Hradčany in Podještědí at Contemporaly History 1914 - 1948
Havelka, Jan ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Doležalová, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on exploring the village Hradčany in Podještědí in historical period 1914-1957. The main theme of the work is the specific situation of Hradčany, the village on the ethnic, and later also state border of Sudeten and Protectorate during the Second World War, as well as the building of socialism and the ending of the traditional rural economy in the fifties. The whole work is based primarily on oral-history research, interviews with the oldest settlers, collection of photographic sources and written documents as memories and administrative documents.
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Normalization and the Czech rock scene
Jeřábková, Kamila ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
The introduction of the bachelor thesis Normalization and Czech rock scene focuses on the culture of the 1960s and the beginnings of rock music in the Czech lands. The main objective is to capture the rock music scene of the late '60s and '70s. The emphasis is on the normalization era. Part of the thesis delves into the Prague Cultural Center and its management of the music scene at the time, with a look at requalification exams for musicians. The concluding part of the thesis focuses on the Czech uderground and its core ideas. The featured key proponents of these ideas is the band The Plastic People of the Universe. The suppression of human rights and ideological interventions of the normalization era, to the contrary, bolstered the activities of the independent-rock music scene. The arrival of new wave influenced the development of rock music for years to come. The purpose of this thesis is a probe into the influence of normalization on the cultural scene and the reinforcement of ideas of freedom.
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The Masaryks: father Thomas Garrigue and son John (1918-1925)
Fadrná, Veronika ; Šmíd, Marek (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis The Masaryks: father Thomas Garrigue and son John (1918 - 1925) is focus on the analysis and interpretation of the relationship between the father and the son in the period from the election of T. G. Masaryk the President of Czechoslovakia to the death of Masaryk's wife Charlotte, when J. Masaryk became an ambassador in London. The aim of the work is an evaluation of a dynamic period after the World War I and the introduction of personal and professional relationship between the two men entering the high politics of the young state. T. G. Masaryk became the President in 1918, J. Masaryk about the same time the diplomat of the young republic, chargé d'affaires in Washington and the private secretary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E. Benes, but they still remain father and son. .
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President Vaclav Havel's attitude to the division of Czechoslovakia in years 1992/1993
Doležalová, Kateřina ; Šmíd, Marek (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
President Vaclav Havel's attitude to the division of Czechoslovakia in years 1992/1993. The Bachelor thesis is focused on the Vaclav Havel's attitude to the main events of the 1990s, especially the division of Czechoslovakia, in the context of the major events from 1989 to 1993. There is the focus on events after November 1989, the commencement of the opposition movement, Civic Forum, thanks to which Vaclav Havel came to the force. Vaclav Havel progressively became a prominent person who was the speaker of the whole society. Afterwards Vaclav Havel was elected president, he made a contribution to the transition to a democratic system of government. There is also described the process of changing the name of the state, which has proven to be one of the most difficult to resolve disputes between Czechs and Slovaks, like that the controversy over the Competence Act and the contract between the Czech and Slovak Republics, which are also analyzed in this work. I also consistently described the parliamentary elections of June 1992, the results of which led to the division of Czechoslovakia and the presidential elections, held in early July 1992, including a large number of comments from newspapers of the time.
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