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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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I give, so you would give. Analysis of Kryštof's Fischer Knihy hospodářské, that was published in Czech in 1706.
Pohlová, Kateřina ; Sládek, Miloš (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee)
Anotation: The goal of this theses is an analysis of Czech edition of Kryštof's Fischer Knihy hospodářské from 1706, which was originally writen in Latin between 1679-1683. Kryštof Fischer was an administrator of Jesuit's agricultural property in Litoměřicko. The book consists of two parts. The first part concerns work on fields, ponds, breweries, gardens, orchards, vineyards, forests and farming. The second part describes agricultural administration and includes a calendar with a list of work recommendations. The theses is also focused on aspect of language and comparison between Latin, German and Czech edition.
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Parishes in the Tábor region from the perspective of preparatory writings for the Theresian Cadastre
Wiendlová, Tereza ; Sládek, Miloš (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee)
The goal of this bachelor's thesis is to process cultural and historical data from spiritual preparatory writings, located in the National Archives in Prague, in the files of the Theresian Cadastre for the Tábor region from the first quarter of the 18th century. The preparatory writings were meant to improve taxation and the creation of a new Teresian cadastre. Focus of the thesis is on examining the condition of the local parishes, their extent according to the number of parishioners, the condition of parish and branch churches or chapels and the distance of villages from the church. Attention is also paid to the relations between priests, parishioners and lords. Separate chapters concern parish schools, hospitals or fraternities and literary fraternities. The thesis is supplemented by the financial and economic side of parishes, including permanent and incidental salaries of clergy, the composition of the parish economy and the equipment of churches. Keywords Theresian cadastre, spiritual preparatory writing (duchovní tabela), parishes, parish schools, fraternities, literary fraternities, baroque hospitals, Tábor region, Bechyně region
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Economy of Malešov estate during the second half of 18th Century
Beneš, Václav ; Vlnas, Vít (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee)
General analysis of both landlords and serf economy at the Malešov estate within time period ca 1725-1800. From the point of view of methodology, text descents from principles of historical statistics and standard methods used by the history of agriculture. Primary sources (land registers) should be used as principal, with addition of information from literature and/or other sources. Main task is to analyse the economy of Malešov estate in the 2nd half of the 18th century and to compare main issues with other contemporary estates, e. g. Černý Kostelec. Research should be divided into two branches, generally. First of them is to find out total shares of farmland areas used both by the subjects and landlords. Second part focuses toward study of serf homesteads pointing changes of their tenure as well as material equipment. KEYWORDS history of agriculture, books of land registers, land use, Malešov estate, serf homestead, landlords economy, serf economy
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