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Sigismund of Luxembourg wives
Klimešová, Kateřina ; Sládková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Charvátová, Kateřina (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the wives of Sigismund of Luxembourg, Maria of Anjou and Barbara of Cilli. Through the study of sources, especially chronicles and secondary literature, domestic and foreign, it provides a closer look at her life destinies. The thesis is divided into two stages, each is about one of the wives. At the beginning of each section, there is a description and a closer look to the family of Anjou and family of Cilli, i.e., two important families which both women come from. In the chapters themselves, the work deals with the wives from their childhood to being at the ruler's side, or even their existence after Sigismund's death. In the case if the second wife, Barbara of Cilli, her second life is also mentioned here with an overlap into the present. It is explained how today's society looks at her and for what reason it is so. Their female position in the late medieval society is also mentioned. KEY WORDS Sigismund of Luxembourg, Mary of Anjou, Barbara of Cilli, 14th century, 15th century, Bohemia, Hungary, wives
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