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The historical and archaeological importance of travel accounts made by Russian pilgrims to the Near East from the 12th to 19th centuries.
Ježek, Václav ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Boček, Pavel (referee) ; Nykl, Hanuš (referee)
This work deals with a theme, which is increasingly becoming popular amongst scholars. It is a theme dealing with Russian pilgrims and travellers, who visited the areas of the Middle East, especially those places, such as Constantinople, the Holy Land, Mt. Athos and others. Under the designation Russian pilgrims we do not mean individuals belonging to a specific ethnic group, but individuals who were related to Russia understood as a political formation and state. The contacts between the south and Russia, have important consequences for the development of Russia itself, its culture, identity and history. This is also the case for the Middle East, where the contacts with Russia determined to a large extent the development and character of this area. The Russian contacts with the south should be primarily viewed in terms of the Byzantine-Russian context. These were based on cultural influences and on a shared faith and identity. The cultural and religious contacts were enabled by travelling individuals, who travelled without and with a specific goal. In the context of these journeys the prime motivation was a religious one, when a pilgrimage to such areas as Constantinople, Mt. Athos, the Holy Land, helped to build a religious identity in Russia, since before the fall of Constantinople, religion...
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Public in Vejprnice during the First Czechoslavak Republic
Vedral, Patrik ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Bernášek, Bohumír (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the village Vejprnice during the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938). Its main aim is to provide a contribution to the regional history of the region of Pilsen and simultaneously research the environment of the working class in countryside. The work describes the political, professional, social, demographic, building, religious, school and association development in the interwar period. The discovered data are compared to the region of Pilsen (with surrounding towns and villiages) and with the rest of the country. Vejprnice can serve in some ways as an example of the first republic' country village. Keywords: Czechoslovakia, First Republic, regional history, region of Pilsen, social history
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