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"He took care of everything possible, but not his parish.": Rudolf Horský (1852-1926) between politics and his parish
Hantáková, Anna ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Šebek, Jaroslav (referee)
(in English): The topic of my thesis will be the selected life problems of Rudolf Horský, a Catholic priest, politician, and journalist.While Horský's political activity has already been partially discussed, in my work I will focus on Horský's privacy and everyday life, which will reveal a new perspective on the social position and possibilities of a politically active Catholic priest. Horský was an important figure of Christian socialism, which was forming at the end of the 19th century, but in fact he also contributed in a certain extent to the negative image of Catholics in society. In my work, among other things, I will try to offer some answers to the question of why it has happened so. It is Horský's private life that reveals some of the obstacles by which the priest-politician was limited and frustrated. It is about the overall limitation of the possibilities of a politically active priest. For example, the question of the priest's freedom of speech, financial dependence on the church or lack of time. Horský's priestly identity will be discussed as well. The sources that I use are, on the one hand, materials stored in the Národní archiv, primarily Horský's communication with his superiors. On the other hand, Horský's correspondence with Jindřich Šimon Baar, partially stored in the Památník...
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The change of the Saint Matthew's fair from religious celebration to mass entertainment
Hantáková, Anna ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Hlavačka, Milan (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the St. Matthew's fair and its transformation during the period from the second half of the nineteenth century to approximately 1930. It will be focused on the process of the consumerization of the pilgrimage and its reasons. It will be naturally its social composition and importance discussed. Further the role, that the press and the advertisement in this process of consumerization played and in addition the location of the pilgrimage and its availability. It will be the second life of this fest discussed as well. While in the context of the medieval studies is pilgrimage primary as matter of faith conceived, this thesis on the contrary follow and explains the change of pilgrimage from a religious to a fun character and its "secularization". The work will be based primary on the periodical print and secondary on the Memory book from the St. Matthew's church. In the part that deals with the second life of the festivity, will be also fictional and memorial literature considered. Key words: Czech lands, Prague, 1850-1930, Pilgrimage, Matthew's fair
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