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The origins of the Benedictine monastery in Rajhrad traditionally arouse a wide range of questions at medieval historians. This fact is caused by poor knowledge of primary sources until the beginning of the 13th century that would give evidence of this institution history. The oldest documents, which date back to years 1045 and 1048, have conclusively been proven to be forgeries. The objective of this contribution is to reconsider the information value of both forgeries. On the grounds of the analysis of domestic narrative and diplomatic sources dated to the 12th and 13th century, the author assumes that awareness of practical traits of the reign of...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 43-54
Senegambia represented a strategic area in the first half of the 19th century, whereas in the second half of this century the importance of the region began to decline. The chief authorities of this territory were France and Great Britain that competed for the influence and also the largest profit of trade. The study deals with the trade where is possible to find similarities as well as differences in the approach of both powers, for instance diverse preferences in choice of a grease for the domestic industry. Furthermore, the accent is put on various trading branches - the two most significant of them (peanuts and slaves) are discussed in detail....
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 55-73
Young, intelligent and educated Pietro Ciriaci (1885-1966) was appointed the third Apostolic Nuncio in Prague in 1928. His election has been a logical and right decision because he had made a great contribution to finish negotiating modus vivendi between Czechoslovakia and the Holy See. Furthermore, he belonged to efficient officers of the Roman Curia; he was young, determined and educated. After the arrival to Prague he had to contend with several matters; the restoration of severed diplomatic relations, the return of confidence in Catholicism as well as the Holy See and the development of Catholic Action were counted as the most complicated ones....
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 75-97
The objective of this study is to outline the relations between two personalities of Slovak and Czechoslovak history Andrej Hlinka and R. W. Seton-Watson before the establishment of the first Czechoslovak Republic and also during this era. This period is pretty significant for a formation of Slovaks into a sovereign national subject with all essential attributes. It analyses the contribution of both of them in this process with all attendant circumstances, the negative as well as the positives ones. Moreover, this article shows that these prominent men were found on the same side of the fence during the Hungarian period; they had a common aim of eliminating...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 99-113
Franz Spina belonged to the most prominent political representatives of the German national minority in the first Czechoslovak Republic. Immediately after the establishment of a new state, he started to participate in political life; he concerned himself with the agrarian movement. Later on, shortly after joining the parliament in 1920, he realized that attempts on territorial disintegration could not be successful. In the first half of 1920s he became a chief propagator of a policy of so-called activism, i.e. searching for a way of taking a more active cooperation with authorities as well as better understanding between the majority of Czech nation...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 115-132
The study tracks how the involved inhabitants of the first Czechoslovak Republic received pieces of information about Australia. The Czechoslovak Foreign Institute was intentionally interested in Czechoslovak compatriots living abroad. Information about circumstances in Australia, the life of Czechs and Slovaks settled there as well as conditions for immigration were primarily flowing through this institute. Approximately 400 Czechs and Slovaks lived in Australia during the first Czechoslovak Republic which is quite a small amount in comparison with other states. They moved there because of economic reasons. The vast majority of them worked there manually...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 133-158
This paper deals with the Pribina Festivities in Nitra from the 12th to the 15th of August 1933. The author mainly describes and analyses the events of August 13th when the festivities culminated in a ceremonial parade and demonstration at Nitra airport, with government members, led by the prime minister Jan Malypetr present. Although there were no serious injuries or traffic accidents during the festivities despite the thousands of people there, members of the Hlinka People's Party disrupted the parade of August 13th and caused subsequent unrest through their verbal attacks on some of the demonstrators. The author analyses these events in detail and...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 159-172
Josef Kšír (1892-1978) was considered to be a prominent specialist on urbanism, urban settlements and regulatory plans. Moreover, he was interested in urban development of Olomouc and he intensively published his findings. He wrote almost three hundred studies and popular science books during his life; some of them have not been overthrown yet. Josef Kšír worked as a documentarist and popularizer of vernacular architecture of Haná, a preserver of cultural heritage management in Olomouc region and he also transmitted his knowledge in the field of historic preservation to students of the Philosophical Faculty in Olomouc.
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 173-192
Prof. PhDr. Ladislav Hosák, DrSc. represents an important personality of Moravian history. He devoted a great part of his life to pedagogical activities at secondary schools, especially grammar schools. Besides, he already published a large body of literature since his university studies; therefore there is no wonder that his future professional career was wedded to Palacký University in Olomouc. Since 1946 he was employed at the Pedagogical Faculty, he established the Institute of Historical Geography and as formerly his pedagogical activity was combined with an active research in Moravian topography. After going into deserved retirement in 1970 he...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 193-214
In 1967 the Benedictine community at New Norcia, Western Australia, commissioned a mural of the Stations of the Cross for the Church of the Holy Trinity from the Czech-born artist, Josef Kučík (1912-1993). This mural is unusual because it is executed in sgraffito and extends beyond the traditional fourteen scenes to include supplementary pictures, some of which are connected with the history of the Benedictine order in New Norcia. After describing the motivation and overall structure of the Stations of the Cross, the article focuses on five representative scenes from the cycle and analyses their structure, style and their place in the iconographic program.
Historica Olomucensia vol. 44 (2013), 215-230
Doc. PaedDr. Jiřina Holinková, CSc. (1921-2005) spent her whole professional life at the Department of History of the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc. At the beginning she worked as an assistant in the Institute of Historical Geography under the leadership of professor Hosák, then also as an assistant at the Department of History. She especially dealt with the early history and she aimed at the history of education above all. Her two published dissertations (of candidacy and habilitation) about schools in Moravia resulted from this research. However, the habilitation procedure in 1970 was not successful as a consequence of normalization...
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