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The image of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Grand Duchy of Moscow in Early modern news service of Czech nobility (1450-1618)
PRAŽÁKOVÁ, Kateřina
The thesis concentrates on the image of Mid Eastern European countries which was presented in the first newspapers. The focus was laid on handwritten newspapers (form of newssheets) that originated in the middle of the 15th century. Soon they became an influential intelligence and communicative medium. They were read on the courts of monarchs and high nobility. Since the middle of the 16th century they were also subscribed by town councils and church institutions like convents or bishoprics.The news spread further to other social groups by means of correspondence and rumor. The decline of handwritten newssheets did not begin until the second half of the 17th century. Handwritten and printed news service coexisted until then. While printed newspapers and pamphlets mainly described and commented on extraordinary stories, handwritten newssheets regularly brought reports about the events that happened in the last weeks. The author made thorough research of three collections of handwritten newssheets gathered by members of high nobility. Another common sign is the concentration of newssheets in the second half of the 16th century. They are the collections of Lords of Rosenberg, of Hradec and Lobkowicz. Especially after the House of Rosenberg more then 1 000 newssheets and other news service materials have been preserved whereas many of them are really unique. While exploring these documents, the author posed a question about which of the events that happened in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania or in the Grand Duchy of Moscow drew the attention of the intelligencer. The author examined the spirit of this news and the information about the rulers, aristocrats, townspeople as well as common people from the eastern Europe they offered to the readers. Under the influence of the methodological directions inquiring into the perceiving of otherness by meeting different cultures she described the changes in viewing the Eastern European countries from the end of the 15th to the beginning of the 17th century. Thus she traced the origin of some stereotypical opinions that persisted through centuries. In addition, she dealt with the question how the subscribers of the newspapers reacted to the submitted reports. The aim of the thesis was the description of the image of the Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Grand Duchy of Moscow as well as an insight in the reception and interpretation of news on the aristocratic court in the early modern period.
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The history of Land adjustment in our region
BURDOVÁ, Tereza
This bachelor?s thesis deals with the description of the history of land adjustment in our country. It shows different processes and forms of land adjustment in the particular periods of time in the Czech history, namely from the beginning of the colonisation to the beginning of the 20th century. This thesis explains and analyzes the process of colonization, the land reform, the consolidating works etc. The conclusion contains a brief summary and comparison of land adjustment in the Czech Republic and in the European Union countries.
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The Codification of King Vladislav II and the Beginnings of the Constitutional System in the Czech Lands (1500-1619). Papers from the International Conference, Prague, 7-8 December 2000
Pánek, Jaroslav ; Janiš, Dalibor ; Malý, K.
Twenty-four studies written by twenty-one Czech, Austrian, German, Polish and Slovak historians on the history of constitutional development of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Lusatia, Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Poland, Lithuania and Hungary in the early modern period. The main problems are society and law; constitutional guarantees of the "bonum commune", social order and religious liberty; the Bohemian Confederation of 1619 and the political system of Central Europe in the 17th century.
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Daughters of their ages? School Sisters of Saint Francis, Poor School Sisters of Our Lady and School Sisters de Notre Dame in Bohemian Lands in years 1851-1938 (1950)
JAKŠIČOVÁ, Dana
The thesis deals with the history of three religious women congregations that have worked in the Czech Lands since the 19th century and were called school sisters. The broad theme, which has not been researched yet, is handled in three levels: the congregation as a church institution, the internal life of religious communities and the pedagogical activity of the school sisters. Various types of sources were used, mostly deposited in private archives of the congregations. Various methodologies are integrated by comparative approach to three similar institutes. The aim was to show a pedagogical oriented religious congregation of 19th century as a phenomenon of its period and to contribute to the research of the Czech church history and the history of education.
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"Full stable lead in paradise." Organized horse breeding in the Czech country from 16 century to the first half of the 20th century
KOŠÁNOVÁ, Michaela
The presented diploma thesis deals with historical development of the organized horse breeding in the Czech lands, with a special focus on the provincial breeding of distinct farm type. The main research was carried out in the sphere of activities of the present Provincial Stud Farm in Písek (?Zemský hřebčinec Písek?). The reason for choosing this breeding institute is the fact that it concerns the only provincial stud farm in the Czech lands that was offering to breeders both warm-blooded and heavy stud horses in the monitored period while their numbers were adjusted in accordance with the demand of mare owners. The diploma thesis can be divided in two parts. The first part provides readers with the introduction to the issue of individual types of horses and puts the work in a broader historical context. This block includes also an iconographic analyse of the paintings with hippologic themes and the texts comparing breeding of horses in the aristocratic and courtly environment in the first half of the 17th century, using an example of the Imperial Courtly Stud Farm in Kladruby nad Labem (?Císařský dvorní hřebčín Kladruby nad Labem?) and Smrkovice?s Game Preserve of Albrecht from Valdštejn (?smrkovická Obora Albrechta z Valdštejna?) in the region of Nový Bydžov. The second part describes the key research of horse breeding in the Czech lands, for the most part built on the mating protocols of the station of farm stud horses in Humpolec, and includes the strategies of breeders in this region compared with the other regions under administration of the Provincial Stud Farm in Písek. It deals mainly with breeding of trendy heavy horses of Belgian and Noric breed demanded by farmers, while these horses were experiencing their last big growth in the first half of the 20th century.
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