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Czech Aristocracy and the Runciman Mission, 1938
Šebková, Jarmila ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis analyses the relationships between the Runciman Mission and the representatives of the Czech aristocracy during the Sudeten crisis. It charts the stay of British emissary within Czechoslovakia from August to September 1938 and it mostly focuses on his connections with the local aristocracy. Lord Walter Runciman and his team spent their weekends in the residences of the pro-German aristocracy, but they were also in touch with the aristocracy loyal to the Czechoslovak government. The thesis strives for answering the question to what extent the Czech aristocracy influenced British mediators' attitude to the Sudeten problem. The first chapter deals with the position of the Sudeten German minority and the aristocracy class in the First Czechoslovak Republic and it explains their attitude to the new ruling class. The second chapter elucidates the causes of the Sudeten crisis and the involvement of the Great Britain in the political development in the central Europe. The third chapter, which represents the mainstay of the thesis, analyses the stay of the British mission in Czechoslovakia focusing on its leisure activities in the company of the local aristocracy. The last chapter deals with the breakdown of the mission and it analyses the final report of Lord Runciman from 21st...

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