Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 9-20
Comparison of the social status of Anglo-Saxon and Northern women primarily from the perspective of medieval legal materials (law codes, testaments, contracts, lawsuits) gives an interesting image of organization and functioning of the Germanic society formed during centuries on the British Isles. To the territory inhabited by mixed Celtic and Germanic ethnic groups the Viking expansion brings - at first (from the 840s) hesitantly - new element: from the perspective of contemporaries rather erratic people that interfered to a large degree in English early medieval history during the following several generations.The study offers a view on social-legal...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 21-39
The article looks back to the origins of monastic culture in the Czech lands and tries to show complications of this development not long after official Christianisation of the Přemyslid domain on the example of the oldest Benedictine monastery in Břevnov from its beginnings until the complete consolidation at the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The author speculates about foundation of the oldest monastery in the Czech lands, its difficult times in 995-1039, the consolidation of the Břevnov monastery during the eleventh and twelfth centuries and its way to the power and cultural peak in the thirteenth century. The study summarizes the...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 41-53
The article follows life stories of two brothers that belonged to the lower nobility that lived their ordinary daily life on their estates. Their ancestors were people without political horizon and ambitions. The family then was univocally evangelical. Even in a contract from 1618 one family member committed himself and his whole family to the evangelical faith forever. If the situation changed their subjects had a right to refuse vow of loyalty to them. Also Kryštof and Jan Švábenský of Švábenice were evangelic Protestants. After the defeat of the rebellion of the Estates they were condemned to confiscation of part of their property. In the end they...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 55-72
The article brings basic information on the Egyptology collections that were for many years associated with the museums in Olomouc. The author tries to outline their history both in Olomouc and after their removal to the National Museum in Prague - Náprstek's Museum of Asian, African and American cultures. He also depicts exhibitions with ancient Egyptian topics organised after 1948. He puts these exhibition projects into broader historical context and reminds the share of the Olomouc Egyptology collections in organising them.
Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 73-87
After the fall of the tsarism in Russia in 1917 Ukraine was able for the first time in its history choose its future form of state and form of relations with its eastern neighbour. The offered chance, however, remained wasted because Ukrainian political elites were not ready to govern and there were arguments among the government representatives. After the beginning of the Bolshevik regime many Ukrainian refugees chose Czechoslovakia to be their new home. Here they started the Russian assistance action in 1921 and Ukrainian citizen's committee became the central organization of Ukrainian emigrants. The original aim of the committee was material and...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 89-106
The article tries to depict internal conditions in the Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia after 1945. The church was banned by the Protectorate administration after the assassination of R. Heydrich in 1942 because parachutists who did this act and hid in the crypt of the orthodox church of St. Cyril and Method were found there. The head of the church, bishop Gorazd was executed. Therefore after the liberation it was necessary to restore all church communities and administration. Such a task was too demanding for the weakened church and it leant upon the state authority and searched protection with the Russian Orthodox Church. These trends resulted in...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 109-110
Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 111-118
Historica Olomucensia vol. 35 (2009), 119-122
