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The motive of healing in legends places of pilgrimage
MÁDLOVÁ, Vendula
The bachelor's thesis deals with the motive of healing within stories and legends of pilgrimage places. It sees the common motives and their influence on selected pilgrimage places. First two chapter are a brief introduction to the issue of pilgrimage, and definition specific terms. The third and fourth chapters are devoted to the motive of healing. In the third part, attention is focused on summarizing the common motives and projecting the story of healing into pilgrimage songs and architecture. The text also describes imago gratiosa, votive gifts and water as part of pilgrimage places. The fourth chapter deals with selected pilgrimage places and how the motive of healing contributed to their origin and flourish.
Cult of St. John of Nepomuk and selected monuments in South Bohemia
VYBÍRALOVÁ, Zuzana
The main theme of this bachelor thesis is the cult of patron saint and martyr St. John of Nepomuk. First I focus on his life and tragic death and then I continue with description of a development of the cult. This part I extend with chapters dealing with Nepomuck's festivities homiletics and songs. Next I examine iconography of St. John of Nepomuk and present examples of portrayal of the saint in solitary scenes and narratives cycles. The following part of the thesis contains comprehensive summary of extensive use of St. John's monuments and it contains presentation of particular churches in Prague and regions of Bohemia. In the last chapter I deal with chronological description of individual St. John of Nepomuk's churches located in South Bohemian Region.

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