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Emperor Charles IV. and the Conquest of Brandenburg 1371 - 1373
Straka, Tomáš ; Bobková, Lenka (advisor) ; Hrdina, Jan (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe in detail the process of acquisition of the Margraviate of Brandenburg by Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia Charles IV. It uses charters, chronicles, annals and other contemporary sources to map especially the military actions of the years 1371 - 1373, which eventually led to the conquest of Brandenburg. Furthermore, the thesis concentrates on the history of Charles IV's endeavour to seize this land in relation to his political and territorial ambitions. It is also concerned with Emperor's motivations and his diplomatic activities regarding Margraviate of Brandenburg and its seizure. In a special chapter it describes the structure of the army that Charles IV had at his disposal during the two campaigns to Brandenburg. The overall aspiration of this thesis is to be beneficial to the study of the uses of military might by Charles IV, as well as to the Czech military history of the second half of 14. century. Key words: Charles IV., Brandenburg, Margraviate of Brandenburg, military history, Otto V of Bavaria, Lands of the Bohemian Crown, 14. century
The church of st. Bartolomeus in Pilsen
Ďurža, Karel ; Záruba, František (advisor) ; Scholz, Stefan (referee)
The thesis wants to explain a building historical evolution of church St. Bartolomeus in Pilsen. The topic is defined from the beginning to construction works to 16th century. The systematics of topic contains a historical evolution of the area from 9th century to be beginning from a Old Pzenec (Starý Plzenec) with a hilfort of the same name. Next the text narrates about a foundation of a town New Pilsen (Nová Plzeň), which is bound with a history of castle Radyně from time of the emperor Karel IV. History and conception of the church are explored by a architecture aspect. The topic is closed by a Šternberk's chapel, which was founded at the turn 15th and 16th century's and which was a last Gothic action this building. The construction periods are compared between them with a respect to style specifics from the foundation to 16th century. This work notes of a architecture overall also of architectural details and these wants to place this building into a context of the contemporary architecture.

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