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Status and Activities of the Official and the Underground Church in Czechoslovakia in the 1968-1989 Period
Dušková, Denisa ; Rychlík, Jan (advisor) ; Kopeček, Michal (referee)
(in English): The goal of this thesis is to examine post-war development of undercover and official church in Czechoslovakia, specifically between years 198-1989. This thesis is focused mainly on activity and status of Roman Catholic Church and its relation to the state governed by communism. Thesis deals mostly with unofficial ecclesiastical activities and underground groups, in particular with Koinótés community led by key figure of secret church, Felix M. Davídek. The main source is a set of interrogation protocols made by State Security police dealing with the secret ecclesiastical acitivites of the community formed around Bishop Fridolin Zahradnik.
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Chrudim region in 1945
Jodas, Josef ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Čechurová, Jana (referee)
Presented bachelor thesis is a micro-historical view into history of the Chrudim region during the last months of the Second World War. The purpose of thesis is to give the most widely view of the events and changes in the region, which hit the population. The problems in the economic area, which were the most significant, perceptibly changed everydayness of the local inhabitants. Analysis of the anti- Nazi resistance especially partisan movement, with which were connected the formation extensive anti-partisan machinery in the form of Sonderdienststelle Chrudim, is also included. The integral part of the thesis is the analysis events at the beginning of May 1945, taking power of the Revolutionary national committees, retreat of the German army and its conflicts with insurgents. Describes events are put in the broad historical context. The main sources of the thesis are the archival materials of the regional origin. Key words 1945, Chrudim region, the anti-Nazi resistance, society, microhistory
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The History of Bukovec from the 18th to the Half of the 19th Century
Pola, Martin ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Chládek, Oldřich (referee)
The topic of the master thesis is the history of the village of Bukovec near Horšovský Týn, beginning with the early 18th century to the half of 19th century. The timeframe was chosen on the one hand with the consideration to the already written history of the village until the late 17th century, while the other boundary was defined by the revolutionary year of 1848, which brought major changes in the functioning of municipalities and their governments. Bukovec was a part of the large Trauttmansdorffs' dominion with its centre in Horšovský Týn throughout the specified period. It was also the seat of the parish: The analysis of manor and parish documents allows largely understand the social and economic ties within the village, and outline its historical development in the described period. Keywords Bukovec, manor of Horšovský Týn, parish of Bukovec, social history, economic history, microhistory
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Midwifery activities from Pacov parish in the second half of the 19. century
Kubíčková, Kristýna ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Dědovský, Daniel (referee)
The main theme of the thesis submitted is the midwifery practice in Pacov parish surroundings in the period of the 2nd half of the 19th century. Based on the studies of professional literature and archival files of diverse nature, the motivation of women to choose a midwife's profession, their education at Charles-Ferdinand University, but also the socioprofessional structure of their clientage, the issues of wages, emergency christenings, godparenthood avd many others, were studied. Using a micro-historical method, a group of 5 midwives, who got involved not only in Pacov, but also in other villages assigned to its parish, was monitored. Inspiration by historical demography is noticeable particularly in the chapters, in which the frequency of assistances at births of each of the midwives, or their filling in the role of godmothers are monitored.
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Integration and everyday life of Italian refugees exiled to Northern Bohemia in the First World War :a microhistorical look at the daily experience of Sannicoló in Jablonné v Podještědí
Sbroscia, Emilia ; Konrád, Ota (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
The purpose of the thesis is to look at the reality of an Italian-speaking refugee during the First World War, when people were forced to evacuate the Trentino region and were moved within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The thesis will look closely at the diary of an Italian-speaking refugee, starting with his evacuation from Trentino and continuing to his arrival and permanence in the northern Bohemian city of Jablonné v Podještědí. The paper will also explore the internal migration movements and efforts made by the Habsburg Empire, with special regard to the experiences of Italian- speaking refugees. The diary of the man known as Sannicoló will be used to give a microhistorical study and perspective of his move from Rovereto, Italy to the city of Jablonné v Podještědí. His reality as an Italian-speaking refugee and citizen of the Habsburg Empire will be briefly compared with what is generally known of the refugee situation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire and that of other Italian- speaking refugees, to determine the degree of success of his integration into the local population's community. Key Words: internal migration; Italian-speaking refugees; Austro-Hungarian Empire; First World War; microhistory; diary.
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Benešov and the changes of its society 1918-1921
Jiráň, Jan ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Čechurová, Jana (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to analyze if, respectively how much society in Benešov changed after first WWI. I was inspired by microhistory, comparison and probe method to map the period. I try to depict, how the society in Benešov developed. My main intention is to show, that development society in Benešov was after WWI mostly discontinuous, however we can find some examples of continuity. To be specific I research problems of municipal politics, education, Church, army, culture or associational life. They are questions that cannot by simply answered, for example one of them was Konopiště castle case. Described events are put in nationwide context. The main sources for my thesis were regional origin sources. Another information to my topic I got from contemporary press.
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Municipality of Hradčany in Podještědí in the story of contemporary history
Havelka, Jan ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Doležalová, Eva (referee)
This master's thesis follows the author's previous bachelor thesis Village Hradčany in Podještědí at Contemporary History 1914 -1948. Using terminology and methods of regional history and microhistory it accents exploring contemporary history of whole commune and municipality Hradčany with all of its historical villages. It will deal comprehensively with cultural-historical and political-historical problems and phenomena of the of the second half of the 20th century, beginning with the communist rise of power in 1948 , continuing by demise of traditional rural economy in the fifties. But it will also mention the extinction of commune Hradčany itself and its connecting to the bigger commune of socialist type in seventies and developement of socialist rural society. Due to comparing the local archive sources with sources from other surrounding settlements the work should produce a synthetical historical source, which could be taken as a general picture of history of settlements in the region. The whole work is based primarily on archive and oral-history research, interviews with the oldest settlers, collection of photographic sources and written documents as memories.
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The life of secret agent Vojtěch Kučera: microhistorical study
Veselý, Vojtěch ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Michela, Miroslav (referee)
This thesis intends to introduce the life story of Vojtěch Kučera, "agent-walker", who undertook at least twenty-six illegal border crossing across Czechoslovakia border during the years 1946 - 1954. During his last illegal border crossing he was catched, accused of espionage and then sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in the year 1955. The first part of the thesis is based on three variations of Kučera's life story. These three stories are constructed (and later deconstructed ) by using informations from family memories, Kučera's statement as well as from the film Agent K vypovídá. The second part of the thesis is based on several microhistorical probes. By using microhistorical analysis we aim to understand Kučera's thinking, behaving and motivations.
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Village Hradčany in Podještědí at Contemporaly History 1914 - 1948
Havelka, Jan ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Doležalová, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on exploring the village Hradčany in Podještědí in historical period 1914-1957. The main theme of the work is the specific situation of Hradčany, the village on the ethnic, and later also state border of Sudeten and Protectorate during the Second World War, as well as the building of socialism and the ending of the traditional rural economy in the fifties. The whole work is based primarily on oral-history research, interviews with the oldest settlers, collection of photographic sources and written documents as memories and administrative documents.
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The manor Hluboká nad Vltavou - metamorphoses of economic and social structures during 17. and 18. century (sound)
VOVSOVÁ, Pavla
The introduced bachelor thesis focuses on analyse of economic and social structures of the area of the manor Hluboká nad Vltavou. The time frame of this bachelor thesis is between 1654-1714. Among the main sources belong the oldest Czech register; fiscal gneiss, revitalisation of the fiscal gneiss, Teresian register. The economy and the social situation of the liege society after the Thirty Years War were analysed on the basis of these sources. The economical and social development of the manor Hluboká nad Vltavou was compared with general trends of the development of the liege society, as well as with other location on the area of Bohemia. Other sources, besides from register were used, f.e. register office, list of the inhabitants according to their religious and land registers. On the basis of these materials was elaborated the micro historical study of the family Mička from Levín.
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