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The Development of the Cult of St. John of Nepomuk to Canonization
Herold, Miroslav ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The cult of St. John of Nepomuk was one of the characteristic features of life in the Habsburg Empire and other European catholic countries in the early modern period. The origins of veneration for the medieval martyr were tied to Prague, to his tomb in the cathedral, to the Metropolitan Chapter. The saint became famous above all for the conviction that he gave his life for the preservation of the confessional secret. With his death he preserved the good name of the Czech Queen Joan, who confessed to him; on the other hand, he is said to have punished those who were disrespectful of his own posthumous reputation and grave. He therefore became an immensely popular defender of honour and reputation, values highly valued in the early modern society. Under the influence of the Prague Chapter, St. John's veneration was taken up by the Habsburgs, the Catholic rulers who ascended the throne of John's torturer, Wenceslaus IV, and John's spiritual daughter, Joan. They venerated the saint as one of the patron saints of the Bohemian kingdom, which they ruled. The recatholicization of this kingdom and its associated countries enabled the growth of St John's veneration, which by the end of the 17th century had already begun to spread vigorously beyond their borders. At the beginning of the 18th century, this...
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Beatified Gerhard Hirschfelder - the contribution of a religious figure to the creation of a transnational site of memory
Peltanová, Tereza ; Konrád, Ota (advisor) ; Swider, Malgorzata (referee)
Řešitel: Bc. Tereza Peltanová Studijní program: Německá a středoevropská studia Název práce: Beatified Gerhard Hirschfelder - the contribution of a religious figure to the creation of a transnational site of memory Abstract The diploma thesis deals with the origin and development of the cult of the German priest Gerhard Hirschfelder. In the 1930s he worked as a popular chaplain and youth pastor, first in the border village of Czermna and then in Bystrzyca Kłodzka. He disagreed with limiting the power of the Roman Catholic Church by national socialists. He paid for his attitude with his life in the Dachau concentration camp. After the end of the war, the original German and Czech population of the area of Kłodzko was expelled and replaced by Polish people. Since the late 1990s, Hirschfelder has been worshiped by all three nations. He was beatified in 2010. The thesis is a case study of a transnational site of memory (lieu de mémoire). It examines under what circumstances, thanks to which actors and in what form the cult of the German martyr arose on Polish territory. Based on that information, the thesis tries to deduce what symbolism the figure of the priest currently carries for individual national groups.
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The Beatification Process of Empire Charles I.
Bábíčková, Jana ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Pech, Milan (referee)
The beatification process of Emperor Charles I. This bachelor theisis treats about the person of the Emperor Charler I. of Austria with focus on his beatification process and places associated with his reverence. The first part is focused on the emperor's biography. In brief is mentioned period Charles adolescence, studies and first experiences in the military. The largest space is devoted to period Charles' reign and the period after leave for exile. There are highlighted peace efforts during the first World War, social reforms in the monarchy and in the period of exile restaurant attempts in Hungary. Second part is focused on the beatification and the cult of the Emperor Charles. Further progress and aspect of beatification, which is the most significant progress of the process and the efforts of The Emperor Karl League of Prayers for Peace Among Nations. After shortly about the discussion that has arisen after the announcement of the beatification. the conclusion is devoted to the description of chapels and reliquaries dedicated to the Emperor Charles. Keywords emperor Charles I., beatification, Habsburg monarchi, 1. world war Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Jan Nepomucký patron of reconciliation
Svoboda, Josef ; Vlnas, Vít (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The starting point in examining the involvement of Christians among displaced Germans after The Second World War in the process of post-war reconciliation and establishing cooperation between war-divided peoples of Bohemia and Germans, in the field of cultural and scientific cooperation. Notable achievements included travelling exhibitions to mark 250 years since the beatification, 250 years since the canonization and 600 years since the martyr's death of St. John of Nepomuk. The exhibitions document the scope of Ackermann Gemeinde and Adalbert Stifter Verein from 1947 to the Velvet Revolution of 1989.
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The holy queen Elisabeth? The metamorphose and idealisation of a Bohemian queen's image
Mikulíková, Klára ; Doležalová, Eva (advisor) ; Čechura, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis is devoted to Eliška Přemyslovna, the Czech Queen, and deals with the topic from several points of view. Besides her historical image created on the basis of historical, mainly narrative sources, aim is to capture also the transformation of the image in the example of godly woman and female saint, especially in the context of today's pursuit of her beatification. In this context, the historical origins of idealization of Queen Eliška which accompanied the beatification process already in the High Middle Ages will also be looked for. Another goal is to probe into the cause of canonization of medieval noble ladies and monarchs and recently canonized saints Czech and Moravian and to follow transformations of this process from the Middle Ages to the present. The attention will also be paid to motivation of current effort for beatification of Eliška.
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The Beatification Process of Empire Charles I.
Bábíčková, Jana ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Pech, Milan (referee)
The beatification process of Emperor Charles I. This bachelor theisis treats about the person of the Emperor Charler I. of Austria with focus on his beatification process and places associated with his reverence. The first part is focused on the emperor's biography. In brief is mentioned period Charles adolescence, studies and first experiences in the military. The largest space is devoted to period Charles' reign and the period after leave for exile. There are highlighted peace efforts during the first World War, social reforms in the monarchy and in the period of exile restaurant attempts in Hungary. Second part is focused on the beatification and the cult of the Emperor Charles. Further progress and aspect of beatification, which is the most significant progress of the process and the efforts of The Emperor Karl League of Prayers for Peace Among Nations. After shortly about the discussion that has arisen after the announcement of the beatification. the conclusion is devoted to the description of chapels and reliquaries dedicated to the Emperor Charles. Keywords emperor Charles I., beatification, Habsburg monarchi, 1. world war Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The Present Course of the Proces of Beatification 14- Franciscan Brothers of Our Lady of the Snou in Prague
HOŠKOVÁ, Jana
The work considers the history of beatificational process of 14 venerable Franciscan sufferers from the Panna Marie Sněžná church in Prague from the year 1611. There lived a community of Franciscan, who came from several states of Europe in the time of Rudolf II. reign. They made there a community of service and prayer. By attack of army from Passau in November 1611 were these brethren killed by Protestants and poor people. The monastery and church were destroyed. Gradually was the convent restored and new monkery came. The bretherns started to gather background for beatificational process of their killed brethrens. The process started in 1677 first, then in 1698 there was a second process and the next process was in 1947. Because of the lack of financial resources and beacause of the political changes were all processes stopped. The last process which started in 1994, still proceeds.
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