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Chruch administration in the region of Turnov in the late Middle Ages
Časárová, Veronika ; Pátková, Hana (advisor) ; Zilynská, Blanka (referee)
ČASÁROVÁ V., Church administrative in the region of Turnov in the late Middle Ages, the thesis, The Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, 2014, 93 s., 4 supp. The thesis is concerned with the development and the state of the church administration in the territory of the deanery of Turnov in the late Middle Ages, primarily after the year 1419 to the end of the fifteenth century. I extended my bachelor's thesis, results of which were used there and they function as a starting point for the further research. I have focused on the structure of the land possession at the particular parish offices and the comparison of the deanery of Turnov with another deaneries. Key words: Turnov, the church administration, the late Middle Ages
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Prokop of Rabštejn - Czech Late-medieval Diplomat
Kozler, David ; Zilynská, Blanka (advisor) ; Bobková, Lenka (referee)
The thesis discusses the life and career of the late-medieval Czech diplomat Prokop of Rabštejn (about 1410 - probably 1470), an older brother of the renowned humanist Jan of Rabštejn. The main part of the thesis follows Prokop's activities during the Poděbrad era in which he successively served under Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, King of Bohemia and Hungary Ladislaus the Posthumous and the elected Bohemian King George of Poděbrady, but also pays attention to Prokop's background and his work in the office of the German rulers Sigismund of Luxemburg and Albert II Habsburg. The activities of Prokop of Rabštejn are discussed in the wider context of Central European history in the Late Middle Ages and with regard to specific cultural aspects of that time (reception of humanism in the Bohemian environment of the Poděbrad era). The thesis draws from authentic period documents both of a diplomatic (in particular Prokop's correspondence) and narrative character, and critically examines older literature focusing on or related to the topic.
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Vimperk in the Late Middle Ages. The Study of Sources to the History of a Liege Town
Modlitbová, Veronika ; Zilynská, Blanka (advisor) ; Doležalová, Eva (referee)
This bachelor thesis inquires into the political, economic and social situation of the liege town Vimperk in the Late Middle Ages by means of examination of the preserved sources. The attention is paid especially to the second half of the fifteenth century and the first three decades of the sixteenth century. The thesis is based on the municipal book of the town Vimperk which captures the situation in the town between the years 1479 and 1670. This thesis also deals with the suzerain of Vimperk. Their actions and attitudes had often impact on the town. For the whole 15th century Vimperk was controled by Kaplirzs of Sulevice. That is why a significant part of one chapter of this thesis deal with them. In Vimperk there ended one of the branches of the Golden Route which meant profit for both the town and the suzerain. Due to this fact, the final part of the thesis discusses the issue of the Golden Route and another trade roades which were in the surroundings of the town and influenced the situation of Vimperk. Keywords: Vimperk - liegetown - Late MiddleAges - municipalbook - privileges - KaplirzsofSulevice - Malovecsof Chýnov
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The Place of the Forest in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Literary Sources, a Czech-French-English Perspective
Turek, Matouš ; Nejedlý, Martin (advisor) ; Woitsch, Jiří (referee)
The master thesis presents and analyses a range of different ways in which the motif of the forest was treated in late-medieval literary sources as an element of thematic and compositional construction of the text. At the theoretical basis of the thesis is the concept of diachronic text reception and adaptations which bring along the transmission and simultaneous transformation of the use of topoi, while this process is being related to the development of the literary chronotopos signalizing a change in the public's horizon of expectation. The majority of sources for analysis are drawn from Czech sources of the long 14th century - courtly and chivalric romance, the Old Czech verse legend of St. Procopius and the Dalimil Chronicle - while a shorter part of the thesis is devoted to the presentation of individual tendencies in the development of the use of the forest topos in English and French literary allegory of the 14th and 15th centuries. In detailed comparison of specific passages from Old Czech texts with their actual models in other languages (Old Middle German, Latin), the thesis demonstrates, upon the example of the forest topos, that topoi do not represent fixed, inalterable clichés, but actually exhibit intense shifts in function, content and theme.
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The beginning of family with half-moon in the coat of arms. Knights of Vřesovice in the late Middle Ages
Boukal, Jan ; Zilynská, Blanka (advisor) ; Bobková, Lenka (referee)
The theme of this thesis is history of the knights (later lords) of Vřesovice in the late Middle Ages. The work deals mainly with political and economic role of the family members in the late medieval Bohemia, with special attention to the hussite captain Jakoubek of Vřesovice, who was mainly responisible for family rise. Furthermore, this work tries to answer the question, what happened to the family of Vřesovice since Jakoubek's death until the late Middle Ages, because during the 16th century, knights of Vřesovice belonged to the most powerful aristocratic families in Bohemia. Family members from the times of king George and Jagellonian rulers were not yet reflected by many historians. Fates of individual family members are assessed and placed into historical context. The work deals with property relations of knights of Vřesovice and manifestations of their aristocratic representation. As a whole, the work probes into political, economic, cultural and social life in late medieval northwest Bohemia. Key words: Jakoubek of Vřesovice, gentry, nordwest Bohemia, late Middle ages, 15.-16. century, castles, heraldy
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Hymn and its Tradition in Late Medieval Bohemia
Mráčková, Veronika ; Hlávková, Lenka (advisor) ; Vlhová-Wörner, Hana (referee) ; Gancarczyk, Pawel Tomasz (referee)
The Abstract The Hymn and its Tradition in Late Medieval Bohemia Veronika Mráčková, Charles University, Prague The present thesis concerns the monophonic and polyphonic office hymns preserved in late medieval Bohemian sources. The author is mainly focused on the repertoire of the hymns written in Strahov Codex from around 1467. This manuscript of uncertain provenance contains an enormous collection of three- and four- voice polyphonic hymns which show plenty of the local characteristics. These domestic traits may be identified not only through texts devoted to indigenous Saints, but also through the melodies which form the cantus firmus in the upper voice of the hymns. The identification of these monophonic tunes in other plainchant sources could help us to determine the origin of Strahov Codex. Additionally, it is clear that this mensural manuscript contains not only music of a high artistic standard, but also a number of less polished compositions, and that it is thus an important witness to the existence of a wide range of daily musical activities in late medieval Bohemia. A crucial part of this dissertation is a critical edition of the monophonic hymn tunes preserved in Roudnice Psalter, as well as an edition of the selected polyphonic hymns written in Strahov Codex.
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Clothing as Manifestation of Power and Hierarchy from the End of the 14th Century to the End of the 15th Century. Comparison of the Developement in the Czech Lands and Burgundy
Hojková, Anna ; Nejedlý, Martin (advisor) ; Svátek, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis "Clothing as Manifestation of Power and Hierarchy from the End of the 14th Century to the End of the 15th Century. Comparison of the Developement in the Czech Lands and Burgundy" describes the evolution of clothing style in both countries. It is based mainly on iconographic resources, with some additional information from written sources and literature. On this base the approach and means to this kind of representation of secular higher class in given areas are compared. The original basis of the 14th century French court culture was further developed by the Burgundian society, with emphasis on the shaped silhouette. On the other hand, the Czech lands departed from this way and adopted a new direction to the German area. The transalpine impulses are reflected as late as in the last quarter of the 15 th century. The material of the clothes is assessed as a more important aspect of representation than the shape. The text outlines also the way of further development as well as points out some unclear articles of the topic.
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The nobility of the region of "Podblanicko" in the late Middle Ages.
Šulc, Martin ; Pátková, Hana (advisor) ; Bláhová, Marie (referee)
This thesis is about the nobility within the region of Podblanicko, especially its part called Mladovožicko, primarily between years 1350-1450. The thesis focuses especially on property possession of here living nobility, but also reflects relationship between this nobility and church in terms of priests appoitments to the local parish churches. Both secular and clerical sources were reasonable to use for this work. As a main source of information the old bohemian Land and Court Tables were used. In the field of church administration primarily the confirmation and erection books of Prague Archbishopric were abstracted, as well as some judicial documents of Prague Consistory. Other various documents were added to the text to make the work more understandable and to gain a better insight into the life of Mladovožicko nobility in the late Middle Ages.
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Hypotesis about the author of the altar of Zwettl
Hlobil, Ivo
The scholar deals with the complex issue of a collective project of the altar of Zwettl and its no less intricate execution. According to him, the altarpiece was designed by abbot Erasmus Leisser jointly with wood-carving workshop master Andreas Morgenstern between 1512 and 1516.
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