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History of the Cistercian Monastery in Zbraslav till the hussite revolution
Šulc, Jan ; Kubín, Petr (advisor) ; Doležalová, Eva (referee)
The Bachelor thesis focuses on the beginnings of the Cistercian monastery in Zbraslav, its boom and its importance right after the monastery was founded by the Czech and Polish king Wenceslas II until the plundering by the Hussites. Author of the thesis starts with a brief history of the place in the context of the time before the founding of the monastery. The first written reference to Zbraslav is in the founding charter of the Kladruby monastery from 1115. In this year prince Vladislav I gave a place called Zbraslav to the Benedictine monastery in Western Bohemia, together with other estates on the confluence of the Vltava and Mže rivers. It is quite possible that this decision signalled later choice of Zbraslav of the king Wenceslas II for establishing one of the most powerful and eminent Cistercian monasteries in the Czech lands in the time of the last kings from the House of Přemysl. Zbraslav's abbot and the well-known chronicler Petr Žitavský calls it a disposition of God. The king chose Zbraslav as a burial place for the whole royal family and for this purpose a magnificent convent Virgin Mary church was built on the grounds of the monastery, the most monumental sacral structure of its time in the Czech lands. The thesis engages in the development of this significant Marian sanctuary and...
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St. Jakob's Church in Prague - Zbraslav
Šipr, Dominik ; Oulíková, Petra (advisor) ; Pučalík, Marek (referee)
St. Jacob's church in Prague-Zbraslav [manuscript] : bachelor's thesis/ Dominik Šipr ; supervisor: PhDr. Petra Oulíková, PhD. - Prague 2014. - 70s. The topic of this bachelor's thesis is the interior of the St. Jacob's Church in the area of the Cistercians' monastery Aula Regia in Prague - Zbraslav, which was founded by king Wenceslas II in 1291 as a necropolis for the last Premyslides. During the Gothic period the monastery had a four- aisle church with a cloister. In 1420 the monastery was invaded and destroyed by the Hussites. The rebuilt of the monastery began in the beginning of the 18th century (Jan Blažej Santini Aichel, František Maxmilián Kaňka) It was planned to build a church in the monastery compound but it was not realised, the community of monks used the current St. James church. Its interior decorations were made by sculptor Ignác František Platzer and sculpturists from Jan Jiří Bendl's workshop. Pictures were painted by Petr Brandl, Karel Škréta and Giovanni Baptista Piazzeta. In 1785 the monastery was dissolved by Josef II and transformed into a sugar refinery and brewery. Keywords: Aula Regia, the Cistercians's order, the monastery in Zbraslav, Jan Blažej Santini Aichel, František Maxmilián Kaňka, Ignác František Platzer, Petr Brandl, Giovanni Baptista Piazzeta, St. Jacob's Church, Karel Škréta
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