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Characters and stories of Prague's underworld as reflected in late 19th and early 20th century fiction
Bartoňová, Barbora ; Vaněk, Václav (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with various genres which, at the turn of the century, depicted life of the Prague offscourings, i.e. socially excluded and frequently humiliated inhabitants of Prague. The main objective is to give a characteristic of a homeless character, the man on the street, also known as the "Prague vagabond", a character which regularly appears in literature of the period. The thesis discusses several specific Prague vagabonds whom it subsequently compares to the literary type of vagabond (the author used Daniela Hodrová's theoretical findings about the literary type) and shows the impact the city environment has on him. Besides that, the author follows the way the city itself is described as the vagabond of Prague is closely connected with and to a large extent determined by his home city. Primarily, the thesis works with fiction (although a few plays are included as well) and aims to focus on authors of the period who are not widely known today, e.g. R. J. Kronbauer, K. L. Kukla, V. Plaček, F. L. Šmíd, and J. Hais Týnecký. Keywords Prague, Prague offscourings, vagabond, beggar, social issues, literary character, environment
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Lords of Valdek and their residences up to first half of 14th century
Gerleová, Jana ; Žemlička, Josef (advisor) ; Doležalová, Eva (referee)
Nowadays, study of Czech and Moravian nobility is very popular in Czech historiography. There are many studies, which are dealing with this phenomenon in the social, genealogical, economic and cultural context. From modern monographs of important noble families, we can name for example monographs of Hrabišici, Ronovci, Vítkovci etc. The Lords of Valdek, who have not been deeply studied yet, could be undoubtedly added to this line as well. Their domain occupies territory between the Valdek castle and the Žebrák castle. The main part of this work will be the structure of the history of this family and its members. The family residence, already mentioned Valdek Castle and Žebrák Castle, will also be the part of the research. Attention will be given also to the Lords's of Valdek pious foundation, to the monasteries called saint Benigna near Zaječov village. The main goal of this bachelor thesis will be to describe the role of the genus from Valdek on the royal court, which culminated in the 14th century. Key words: Middle Ages, Valdek, Žebrák, Hořovice-region, castle, residence, czech nobility, fundation, colonization
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Role of cultural monument in the regional development
Fittnerová, Klára ; Kment, Petr (advisor) ; Sálus, Jiří (referee)
This thesis is focused on research of cultural monuments - twin-castles of Točník and Žebrák - and their role in regional development. Region is represented by municipalities of Točník and Žebrák. Theoretical part of this thesis constists of a description of general history of castles in Czech lands, history of two chosen cultural monuments and municipalities near them and their mutual influence. In the second part, this thesis describes levels of contemporary influence of cultural monuments on region, mainly from the perspective of people who live in that region. Three levels of influence that are described are economic, cultural and development of build-up area.
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