PT Journal
AU Vokacova, P
TI Homo celebrans Jan Jachym ze Zerotina
SO Historica Olomucensia
PY 2026
BP 84
EP 101
VL 66
IS 2
DI 10.5507/ho.2026.010
DE Johann Joachim von Zierotin; imperial chamberlain; Czech lands; Habsburg monarchy; imperial court in Vienna; festivities and ceremonies; diary; 18th century
AB When examining the topic of the festive culture of the elite nobility of the Early Modern Habsburg monarchy, it is worth looking through the eyes of an aristocrat who knew how to celebrate equally well out of joy as out of necessity, be it in the countryside, in the city, or at the imperial court. Johann Joachim von Zierotin (1667-1716) spent nearly fifty years between Velke Losiny and the nearby domains that he owned, as well as in Wroclaw, where he visited family relatives and later also his studying sons, Brno, where he traveled for the sessions of the land diet and court, and Vienna, where he served as the actual imperial chamberlain. What festivities and ceremonies did the count participate in at home and while traveling abroad? When did he do so more spontaneously and when out of obligation? Or when did he choose not to take part in these revelries and why? Zerotin's handwritten diary (1704-1716) reveals how celebrations integrated provincial nobles into the cosmopolitan court society and how such a Baroque courtier turned the laws of entertainment and time on their head.
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