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A life consecreated servise of a inner prayer an experience of a consecrated widow Marie Ventová
VAVRUŠKOVÁ, Lucie
The thesis deals with theoretical solutions and spirituality of devoted widowhood. It observes the evolution of devoted widowhood from ancient Israel to the present. It describes restoring of a status of devoted widows in the Pilsen Diocese. It records Marie Venta´s experience on her way towards inner prayer and devoted life. It introduces inner prayer according to St. Theresa´s of Avila teaching. It describes the courses and schools that accept inner prayer as a precious pastoral tool. It shows inner prayer as an essential expression and service of devoted widowhood.
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Kateřina Hradecká of Montfort (1556-1631)
ŘÍHOVÁ, Jana
The presented diploma thesis is dealing with the life of Katerina Hradecká of Montfort, noble foreigner, married to Adam II. of Hradec. The author is using older as well as more recent literature, written, tangible and iconographic sources to analyze, based on historical-anthropological methods, transformation of the inner world of the noblewoman. She is firstly introduced as a maid of honor in the hofstadt of archduchess Maria of Bavaria in Graz. Author also looks into her marriage to Adam II. of Hradec, investigating it within political and religious context of that period, as it was associated with the connections of the lords of Hradec to the House of Habsburg. Author also pays attention to the noblewoman as a wife, a mother, a Jesuit confidant, a widow and a strict catholic, that had a substantial influence on the social life of Hradec and its surroundings due to her religious views. Author does not omit the tangible cultural aspects connected with the activities of Katerina Hradecka of Montfort and her impact on the ecclesiastical and secular architecture in Jindřichův Hradec.
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Ideal representation of women in old Czech legend of St. Elizabeth
KOLÁŘOVÁ, Markéta
The diploma thesis focuses on the analysis of the woman's ideal during the High Middle Ages, how it was represented by St. Elizabeth of Hungary as the main character of the old-Bohemian Život svaté Alžběty that was credited to Tomáš Štítný ze Štítného. Elizabeth belongs to a new type of saintesses which during the contemporary times embodied important ideals of Christianity (above all poverty and love toward a fellowman realized by charitable and social work) and they offered a model for some overshadowed aspects of feminity (mainly a model of a perfect wife and a widow). We concentrate especially on the formation of the main character in all three women's statuses typical for the Middle Ages, that is virginity, married life and viduity, and also on the revision of their traditional hierarchy in the Elizabethean hagiography.
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