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Religious composition of the lower nobility in South and West Bohemia at the beginning of the 17th century
KUBÁSEK, Vít
The diploma thesis analyses one source which contains almost 100 names of knights living mainly in Prácheňsko and Plzeňsko during the end of 16th and the beginning of 17th century. In the first part of the thesis, literature describing early-modern-age society and nobility is introduced. Afterwards, there is a list of sources which used different approaches to research the topic of knights. Subsequently, the description of the analysed source is present. It is followed by the list of entries which were created based on the information mentioned in the analysed source. Each knight has their own entry paragraph. Every entry contains information about their families, property, court, or state offices. If possible, a note about their confession is included. In the last part of the thesis, the analysed source is dated based on the acquired knowledge about the knights' lives. It is also set into the context of historical development. The information about the knights' property, offices and confessions are summarized at the end of the thesis.
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Material culture of the South Bohemian seats of lower nobility in early Modern Age
FAKTOR, Lukáš
The bachelor work Material culture of the South Bohemian seats of lower nobility in early Modern Age is concern with immovable and movable material culture of early Modern Age nobility of the South Bohemian region. The work is based on archeological researches, historical studies and further resources. The work presents by in-depth analysis of building development of the chosen seats and their history the level of material culture of lower nobility in defined period.
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Communication of České Budějovice and the lower nobility at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries
GAJDOŠ, Patrik
This diploma thesis deals with the research of communication between the town council of České Budějovice and representatives of the lower nobility between 1581 and 1584 and later with the interruption from 1602 to 1604. Its aim is to describe the content of mutual correspondence and interpret it in the context of the history of the South Bohemian region. It presents a typology of correspondence in order to identify the most common topics that occurred in the mutual communication of the city council and representatives of the lower nobility. The specific arguments used by the councilors of České Budějovice also became the subject of interest. This approach helped to clarify the identity that the burghers represented through the documents of the city office. Finally, it examines the settlement of representatives of the lower nobility. It was reconstructed using data from correspondence and tax registers. In conclusion, the thesis summarizes the findings and offers possible directions that could be followed in future research.
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The creditors of the last members of the Rožmberk house
LEVÝ, Václav
The thesis Věřitelé posledních Rožmberků (The creditors of the last members of the Rožmberk house) engages in creditors of Vilém of Rožmberk in the years 1589 1592, especially in the creditors whose claims his brother Petr Vok of Rožmberk took on after the death of Vilém of Rožmberk in 1592. The thesis based on from the list of the rožmberks debts that preserved in the State Regional Archives in Třeboň. The thesis attemptes achieve "the collective biography" of these creditors with the use of prosopographic method and find the commons signs that connected these creditors.
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The Feudo-vassal System on Royal Estates in Early Modern Bohemia
Novotná, Markéta ; Žemlička, Josef (advisor) ; Maur, Eduard (referee) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee)
Markéta Novotná Abstract - The Feudo-vassal System on Royal Estates in Early Modern Bohemia The study is devoted to the topic of feudo-vassal relations in early modern Bohemia presented on a sample of specific royal and chamber domains at the castle Karlštejn. The first part of the thesis describes how the feudo-vassal tenures were treated in Czech and European historical studies, using impulses from the philosophy and sociology. The others chapters are dedicated to the main object of this analysis - to the Karlštejn vassal system - a group of small-sized estates connected to castle Karlštejn through feudo-vassal bonds. The second chapter of the thesis deals with the problem of historical consciousness, where the castle Karlštejn is imagined as the site of "the national memory", which strongly effected the interpretation of the Karlštejn vassal system. The third (main) part of the thesis presents the factual analysis of the Karlštejn vassal system from the last third of sixteenth century to the turn of the seventies and the eighties of the next century. At the end of the study the analysis of four chosen vassal estates is added. Key words: Karlštejn, historiography, vassals, feudal system, domain, chamber, lower nobility
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Everyday Life of Gentry: Jan Jeníšek of Újezd and Svrčovec Based on His Register
Behenská, Radka ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Holý, Martin (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to examine a unique source so called The White Registers by Jan Jeníšek of Újezd and to Svrčovec (†1565) dating between 1539-1561. The lower nobleman Jan Jeníšek lived in the Svrčovec fortress close to the town of Klatovy. He recorded his private notes for his memory. He wrote about his economical acitivies including trade and legal matters and disputes which he led with neighbouring noblemen, burghers and subject people. Thanks to regular, frequent and detailed records the White Registers allow to introduce everyday life of a member of the lower nobility of the 16th century.
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The beginning of family with half-moon in the coat of arms. Knights of Vřesovice in the late Middle Ages
Boukal, Jan ; Zilynská, Blanka (advisor) ; Bobková, Lenka (referee)
The theme of this thesis is history of the knights (later lords) of Vřesovice in the late Middle Ages. The work deals mainly with political and economic role of the family members in the late medieval Bohemia, with special attention to the hussite captain Jakoubek of Vřesovice, who was mainly responisible for family rise. Furthermore, this work tries to answer the question, what happened to the family of Vřesovice since Jakoubek's death until the late Middle Ages, because during the 16th century, knights of Vřesovice belonged to the most powerful aristocratic families in Bohemia. Family members from the times of king George and Jagellonian rulers were not yet reflected by many historians. Fates of individual family members are assessed and placed into historical context. The work deals with property relations of knights of Vřesovice and manifestations of their aristocratic representation. As a whole, the work probes into political, economic, cultural and social life in late medieval northwest Bohemia. Key words: Jakoubek of Vřesovice, gentry, nordwest Bohemia, late Middle ages, 15.-16. century, castles, heraldy
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Personality of Jan Sádlo z Miličína a ze Smilkova
Vančurová, Silvie ; Zilynská, Blanka (advisor) ; Šimůnek, Robert (referee)
My dissertation deals with personality of Jan Sádlo of Smilkov, who was a noble man in king's sevices and who lived at he turned of 13th and 14th century. Dissertation tries to express elemental aspects of his life, which determined his life and this dissertation also tries to complete missing information about his family, property and also tries to find in which community he could be found and with whom he kept in touch with and how can these persons influence his personality. Dissertation also deals with his career, mainly his activity in king's Václav IV. court, where he became a influential person, who became involved in political situation in country during the beginning of hussite revolution. In dissertation is also covered his political downfall and his death. Life of Jan Sádlo of Smilkov was in my dissertation shown as an exapmle of low nobleman who could due to political situation become influential person and who could become involved in political development. . Keywords gentry, court of Václav IV., holding, followers of Jan Hus, administrator of ro
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A year in the life of gentry - Jan Jenisek of Ujezd and Svrcovec
Behenská, Radka ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
The aim of the work is to introduce readers to the life of a member of lesser nobility - Jan Jenisek of Ujezd and Svrcovec. Information was obtained by processing of economic and business notes which were recorded by Jan Jenisek between the years 1550 and 1552. The notes represent unique source for exploration of everyday life and work. Readers are given the opportunity to find out how legal disputes were solved, how farming, breeding and trading of commodities was conducted. Important part of the thesis is also the picture of Jan Jenisek himself, his character and relations with members of all society classes.
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War experience in everyday life of the south Bohemian lower noblemen in the period of the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century
KOREŠ, František
The author of the diploma thesis endeavoured, with the help of historic-anthropological methods, to depict a variety of forms of the war experience of the south Bohemian aristocracy in the period before the Battle of White Mountain. The subject of his interest focused on the fates of men and women of noble origin, on the background of three key military events of the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century. Two expeditions of the Bohemian troops against the Turks in 1566 and 1594, and the invasion of Bohemia by the Passau army in 1611 had a very strong impact on the way south Bohemian knights thought, behaved and acted. Personal correspondence of selected aristocratic families served as the heuristic starting point in the search for the answer to the question which ways an aristocrat chose to defend values tested by centuries and to enforce his own or his family?s interests. The objective of the entire research was to amplify the knowledge about the history of lower aristocracy, by stressing the unique role of a historical participant in war. Treating the topic of war experience gave rise to a contribution on the borderline between the political, military, social and cultural areas of history of the early Modern Age.
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