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The Ceremonial Entry of the Emperor Rudolph II to Olomouc in 1577
BURIANOVÁ, Zuzana
The presented thesis deals with the Ceremonial entry of the Emperor Rudolph II to Olomouc in June 1577 and ancient ritual of corporative indulgence, which legitimatized the accession of the ruler to the throne. The authoress wanted to approach the Early modern celebration by methodological concept of symbolic communication whose theoretical data were compiled especially by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger. The thesis is based on scientific approaches of historical anthropology and tries to introspect into the history of mentalities. The authoress analyses the period source whose author was an eyewitness of the whole event. In introduction of this thesis the authoress deals with presentation of methodological resources, literature which was hinge for this thesis, and of used sources. In the sekond chapter there is described the journey of the Emperor Rudolph II to Prague, from there was started the encomiastic wandering through countries of Habsburg Monarchy. The third and the fourth chapter are based on analysis and interpretation of the sources and those chapters are fundamental for this thesis. In the third chapter there is indicated the perception of superiority and power which is reflected in hierarchical organisation of Early modern society. The fourth chapter deals with presentation of Rudolph II by symbols used during his triumphal entry into the city. In conclusion of this thesis the authoress summarizes the results of the research. On the basis of the results she answers the questions which she asked herself while writing this thesis. Festivities were welcomed dulcification of daily life in Early modern period. They had exact given form therefore any disturbance of theirs ritual course was strongly noticed. The authoress finds the conclusion that in the higher Early modern society there played a main role the position and the ceremonial was one of the possibilities how to present that position.
Margaret Theresa of Spain and her arrival to the Apennine Peninsula in 1666 viewed by a contemporary eyewitness
KŘÍŽ, Ondřej
The presented bachelor thesis deals with the cross-country journey of Margaret Theresa of Spain from Madrid to Vienna in 1666. The work primarily focuses on the reflection of the daily life of Emperor Leopold I's wife during her travel. Together with the baroque performance practice, long-distance journeys represent the integral part of travels of King Philip IV´s younger daughter. The essential of the thesis is built on the archival records of Joseph de Villarroell´s Relacion diaria de la iornada de la Senora Emperatriz: desde que desembarcó en el Final, hastaque salió de Lombardia published in 1667 in Milan. This Margaret Theresa's detailed diary, written in Spanish, had been compiled by one of the independent eyewitnesses and active participants of the above mentioned expedition. The thesis also attempts to conjure a vivid image of Margaret Theresa and Luis de Guzmán Ponce de León, Spanish governor of the Duchy of Milan, in the figurative speech of the above mentioned performances.
Ceremonial entry of Amalie Villemin Brunswick-Lüneburg to Vienna in year 1699
LEE STOLIČKA, Ondřej
Presented bachelor thesis deals with ceremonial entry of Amalie Villemin Brunswick-Lüneburg to Vienna on the 24th February 1699 that took place on the occasion of her marriage with roman king Joseph I. Mainly it focuses on reconstruction of course of ceremonial entry. Subject of interest is interpretation of abundant symbolic message that author deals with chronological order. Doesn´t stay out of attention pompous baroque firework which took place during subsequent wedding celebrations. In the first chapter, author deals with choice of future wife of roman king Joseph I. from the viewpoint of Elector of Hanover Ernest Augustus. Next chapter is engages in wedding on behalf in Modena. Second chapter deals with reconstruction of journey of Amalie Villemin Brunswick-Lüneburg from Modena to Vienna. This thesis also attempts to uncover separate symbolic elements during journey and following entry to Vienna. Mainly they were formed by motives from antique mythology and scenes of Christian doctrin.

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