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Liber testium als a source of information for details about the people's life in the royal town Louny at the turn of the 16. and 17. century.
Paterová, Petra ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
This thesis concerns the Strakonice league, an association of largely Catholic estates of 1449. It tries to conceive the topic in another way, than the older literature did, which did not pay attention to the Strakonice league not specially, but dealed with it mostly in the frame of the description of Bohemian political and military history. The thesis tries to bring new pieces of knowledge of the Strakonice league by means of analyse of correspondence of the lords of Rosenberg (Rožmberk) and of another sources. Concerning the course of the military and diplomatic struggle with the Poděbrady league itself, the emphasis is put on selected, less known aspects. League's attempts to cooperate with the lands adjoining the Czech crown are included, too. The relation of the Strakonice league to foreign countries, where the league was looking for allies, is elaborated in the next section. The last part of the thesis is a prosopographical research of the league members. This section is based on collecting of data about individual persons or towns that entered the Strakonice league. The members' political career, motivation for their entrance into the league, possesion and their relations to each other are studied. All this gives evidence about the rate of force and compactness of the league and it can...
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Maria Francisca and Ferdinand of Schwarzenberg. The progress of selecting a suitable groom for the daughter from the perspective of a noble father
NOVÁČKOVÁ, Marie
This bachelor's thesis focuses on negotiation concerning a planned marriage of Maria Francisca of Schwarzenberg to Francis Alexander of Nassau-Hadamar, which were taking place in 1691-1694. It's principal aim is to shed light on the mental world of Ferdinand of Schwarzenberg in order to discover his idea of an ideal groom for his daughter. The core of the thesis is a reconstruction of the course of negotiating the marriage alliance. The substantial correspondence of Ferdinand and Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg, which provides a heuristic basis for this treatise, allows us to form a picture of a part of their network of communications. Attention is also given to persons involved in the negotiations, especially to the intermediaries acting for the interests of both noble families and to the informants. Part of the thesis also details a planned settlement of property between Maria Francisca of Schwarzenberg and Francis Alexander of Nassau-Hadamar.
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Liber testium als a source of information for details about the people's life in the royal town Louny at the turn of the 16. and 17. century.
Paterová, Petra ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
This thesis concerns the Strakonice league, an association of largely Catholic estates of 1449. It tries to conceive the topic in another way, than the older literature did, which did not pay attention to the Strakonice league not specially, but dealed with it mostly in the frame of the description of Bohemian political and military history. The thesis tries to bring new pieces of knowledge of the Strakonice league by means of analyse of correspondence of the lords of Rosenberg (Rožmberk) and of another sources. Concerning the course of the military and diplomatic struggle with the Poděbrady league itself, the emphasis is put on selected, less known aspects. League's attempts to cooperate with the lands adjoining the Czech crown are included, too. The relation of the Strakonice league to foreign countries, where the league was looking for allies, is elaborated in the next section. The last part of the thesis is a prosopographical research of the league members. This section is based on collecting of data about individual persons or towns that entered the Strakonice league. The members' political career, motivation for their entrance into the league, possesion and their relations to each other are studied. All this gives evidence about the rate of force and compactness of the league and it can...
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Ordinary Life in the Royal Town Louny at the End of the 16th Century
Paterová, Petra ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Roedl, Bohumír (referee)
The history of everyday life is an interesting historical branch, which brings the researcher a lot of information about family, work, entertainment, problems and other things that surround everyone and every day. In the same way, these things have influenced lives of our ancestors. The fascination with ordinary lives of early modern history is actually a desire to get to know oneself. Despite the fact that the outlook on everyday things may have changed during the centuries, what has not changed were the topics. The libri testimoniorum are a more than suitable source of information for everyday life research. Owing to the testimonies of the witnesses of the particular trials, the books unwittingly reveal many details about the life of early modern towns. Studies of these books bring motivation for researching not only the everyday history, but also culture and mentality history. Last but not least, it is important to mention research into criminality of early modern towns.
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The wedding of Adam of Schwarzenberg and Margareta of Pallant in 1613
MICHŇOVÁ, Nikola
The central topic of the presented bachelor theses is the wedding of Adam of Schwarzenberg and Margareta of Pallant. The main attention has been paid to the wedding celebration crowned with a magnificent feast as an important means of representation of the newly wedded couple. The main aim of the theses was to reconstruct the wedding celebration and to interpret its symbolic significance. The these also focus on the catering for the wedding, the equipment and decoration of the banquetting halls as well as of the kitchen area and on the variety of the meals that appeared on the wedding menu. Furthermore, the theses pay attention to the servants and kitchen staff who were involved in the preparation and in the whole process of the celebration as were as to the noble guests who also took part in the wedding. The presence of such guests played an important role in the self-presentation of the newly wedded couple as it expressed its social status in the similar way as the wedding feast. The material culture of the wedding celebration as well as the composition of the wedding menu crowned with an impressive wedding cake had their symbolic significance that reflected the ways of thinking and the values and beliefs of the early modern society.
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