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Life and pontificate of Gregory the Great
Kaška, Pavel ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Drška, Václav (referee)
Annotation: This masters thesis deals with prominent figure of the Pope Gregory the Great (540-604), whose life and especially pontificate became a model for many of his successors as well as for the overall direction of the Roman Church. Despite the indisputable authority of the Pope there is no full consensus about its meaning or some of its steps. The aim of this work is as faithful as possible to capture his life, the concept of the Church and political activity. The work will not appreciation of Gregory's theological concept, but rather to capture its political and organizational-legal approaches to fulfilling idea of the power of the papacy. The work will be primarily based on sources which Gregory himself left behind, which will primarily reflected his correspondence. They will use other historical sources as well as secondary literature. A method of processing work will consist in the logical analysis of the sources, comparison with literature secondary and subsequent summary and evaluation.
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First Baron War and Louis VIII as the Kinf of England (1215-1217). A view of sources.
Malý, Jan ; Drška, Václav (advisor) ; Suchánek, Drahomír (referee)
In 1215, king of England John the Lackland was forced to seal a document known as Magna Carta. It was a simple legal procedure. Nevertheless it was the beginning of conflict between royal power and english nobility, commonly known as first baron's war. It lasted from 1215 to 1217 and it culminated by the invasion of french crown prince Louis to England when english nobility offered him the crown. After the death of king John in autumn 1216, the original revolt, inspired mostly by personal hate against the ruler changed into the effort of prince Louis to achieve the title of English king. Most of original memebers of the oposition quickly switched sides and joined John's little son Henry (king Henry III) and Louis then had only the support of few leaders of rebelion. After a series of defeats in the first half of 1217, capetian prince was forced to abandon his goals and to retreat from the Isles. This work also follows the view of selected contemporary narrative sources, mainly to the activity of french prince in England and his attitude to the uprising.
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The Kingdom of Acre
Janoš, Ondřej ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Drška, Václav (referee)
The main topic of the thesis is basic problems of the Kingdom of Acre from 1187 to 1291. The first part briefly outlines the situation in Palestine during the First crusade, founding of Kingdom of Jerusalem, the increase of its importance and prestige in the political situation of the Middle East. Chapter ends with a fatal battle of Hattin. The second chapter, which is the main part of the whole work, is dedicated to restoring the kingdom during the Third crusade, internal struggles between the political factions , the resistance of the nobility against the centralized royal power, pursue of keeping the occupied territories and the problems that led to the downfall of the Kingdom by the conquest of the capital city of Acre in 1291. In this chapter I also want to present historical figures which have the historical influence on development of the Holy Land. Keywords Crusade, the kingdom, the nobility, Acre, Jerusalem, Antioch, Byzantine Empire, Muslims, Christians
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Course, Causes and Consequences of non-uniform electoral Votings in the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages (1198, 1257, 1314)
Vanča, Matouš ; Drška, Václav (advisor) ; Suchánek, Drahomír (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to compare three cases of double elections, which happened in the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages. The elections in question are: the 1198 election (when Philip, the Duke of Swabia, and Otto of Brunswick were elected), the election of 1257 (when Richard of Cornwall and Alfons X, the King of Castile, were elected) and the 1314 election (when Louis IV, the Duke of Upper Bavaria, and Frederick the Handsome, the Duke of Austria, were elected). Each of these elections is represented by a case study, which analyses its course, its political background, its immediate causes and other circumstances, and which also describes its specific consequences. At the end of this thesis, there is a comparative study, which points out similarities and differences between these three cases and thus traces a fundamental advancement of the Holy Roman Empire's constitutional arrangement and its monarchs election (primarily, the progress from the elections by a wide group of the Princes of the Empire to the elections by a small ensamble of seven electors); such progress subsequently led to the issue of the Golden Bull of Charles IV. This thesis uses period sources, whether it is diplomatic documents directly connected with royal elections or works of chroniclers and annalists,...
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The cathar heresy in southern France
Žďárská, Zuzana ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Drška, Václav (referee)
The cathar heresy in southern France Abstract: This master's degree work deals the history of the cathar heresy in the area of southern France from the mid-12th century to the 1st third of the 14th century. It supplies the minute description of the historic events, that influenced the development of the cathar church and trace the changes in the political, religious and social sphere that accompanied it. The work sketches out the base of the cathar doctrine along with the structures of the cathar ecclesiastic hierarchy. On the base of the accessible sources and literature, it takes aim in charting the fates of the cathar heresy from the point where it first emerges in the historical sources, through the period of its development in the space of Occitania and the crusade against cathars, as far as its slow destruction during the activity of the papal inquisition. The work tries to handle the social and political phenomena, which partook in the development of the heresy and describe the change they undertook in the era of its persecution. This works brings new impulse for the study of the issue of the history of the cathar heresy and its relation with other heretical groups into the Czech academic sphere. Key words: cathars, heresy, Middle Ages, history of France, crusade, inquisition
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From the Ordo of Mainz up to the Liber visionum: the concept of the medieval kingship under the rule of Henry II and Henry III in the mirror of selected historical sources
Navrátil, Petr ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Drška, Václav (referee)
The purpose of the study is to analyse and to compare the reign of two rulers of Francia Orientalis - Henry II and Henry III. The reason for the author's research is that the conception of the legitimization of kingship is nowadays a highly discussed issue and it is one of the most significant tasks the medieval research is facing. Methods used in this study are analysis and comparison. The study is composed of six chapters, each of them dealing with different aspect of the legitimization of kingship. Chapter One is introductory and defines basic terminology used in the study. Chapter Two examines relevant specialized discursus. Chapter Three deals with the sources of medieval thinking and consists of three parts. Part One explains the terms of sacrality and legitimacy. Part Two focuses on the roots of sacral kingship. Part Three investigates the history of legitimization of kingship in the Frankish Empire. Chapter Four is subdivided into four parts and it mainly provides an outline of Henry's II reign and examines relevant historical sources. Part One discusses the policy of Henry's predecessor Otto III. Part Two is an analysis of relevant historical sources. Part Three examines Henry's policy. Intermediate conclusions are drawn in Part Four. Chapter Five endeavours to explain and analyse the...
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Henricus de Isernia from the view of his epistolar dictamina
Dienstbier, Jan ; Drška, Václav (advisor) ; Picková, Dana (referee)
The thesis deals with the personality and the oeuvre of Henry of Isernia (Henricus de Isernia) an Italian emigrant who came to Prague at the beginning of the seventies of 13th century. In the introductory chapters we summarize the literature dealing with the subject so far, introduce the ars dictaminis, a medieval theory of letter writing, and try to nd Henry's place in the evolution of the discipline. One of the main topic of the thesis is the question how ars dictaminis appeared in Czech lands and whether played any role on the court of Ottokar II. From this point we move our attention to the Henry's involvement in the ghibellin movement of the late 13th century. Finally, we examine the cultural aspects of selected pieces from the epistolary, namely the set of erotic dictaminas speaking about the palace of Venus. We argue that they have to be viewed as satyric a anticlerical pamphlets and we show their connection with other pieces of the epistolary.
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The First, The Second and The Third Lateran Council
Kaška, Pavel ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Drška, Václav (referee)
This baccalaureate thesis deals with an analysis of three Lateran Councils recognized by the Catholic Church as ecumenical. Namely, it is the first Lateran Council (1123), the Second Lateran Council (1139) and the Third Lateran Council (1179). The analysis covers mainly the conciliar canons and related themes. The main work is to link reform of the church started in the 11th century and culminating at this time, which strongly affects these councils. With this reform is linked to a number of topics and issues addressed by councils. Firstly the issues of simony, interference of the laity in church affairs, papal elections, episcopal authority, celibacy, clergy dignity, and peace and order in that society. Due to the new conception of the 2nd Ecumenical Councils Millennium is dedicated to the special issue of space ekumenicity and authority of these councils. The working method is based on the canons of logical analysis, complemented by knowledge of secondary literature. Keywords: ecumenical Council, 12 century, the history of councils, the First Lateran Council, the Second Lateran Council, the Third Lateran Council, church reform, freedom of the Church, simony, intrusie, investiture, the bishop's authority, celibacy, papal election, the Papal Schism, the Papal primacy, ekumenicitate, canon law,...
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