Historica Olomucensia vol. 36 (2009), 9-23
Smil of Lichtenburk is one of the most important noblemen of the mid-thirteenth century. He is described as the wealthiest magnate of his time. The second half of the thirteenth century was also a time when a new Cistercian monastery was started in the area of Českomoravská vrchovina (Czech-Moravian Highlands).So far Smil of Lichtenburk has been portrayed as a great benefactor of this monastery. The reality, however, is much more complex. It is highly probable, that when the monastery was founded in Žďár nad Sázavou in 1252, Smil was not yet married to Elisabeth of Křižanov and thus not a member of the founders' family. The pattern of the donations...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 36 (2009), 25-41
Royal dowry towns Chrudim, Vysoké Mýto and Polička represented significant political, commercial and communication centres in the region. The largest town, Chrudim, organized regular regional parliaments where political representations met. It appears that the commencement of King Ferdinand I's rule in the Czech lands did not mean any fundamental change, neither brought more noticeable interference into the towns' life or events. The ruler's priority was peace in the towns and correct payment of taxes. Members of knightly families settled in Chrudim and Vysoké Mýto since the end of the 15th c. and their coexistence with the townsmen was without conflicts....
Historica Olomucensia vol. 36 (2009), 43-66
The funeral speech of Václav Plevňovský over Maria Maximiliana of Lažany, born of Šternberk, from 1665 is analysed in the context of the family commemorative strategies of the early modern nobility. Maria Maximiliana died a few days after delivery after a year marriage to Charles Maximilian of Lažany. A whole series of evidence testifies that the investor and inventor of the funeral speech (the part of which is an engraving of castrum doloris) was not her husband, but the members of her original family. The basic motif of the speech and the castrum doloris is the family coat of arms of the Šternberks, the eight-pointed star. The coat of arms of the...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 36 (2009), 67-84
Both the pedagogical career and the context of the "first" Czechoslovak Republic and Europe in 1920s and 1930s were reflected in the work of university professor Antonín Kolář (1884-1963) in his numerous considerations of Athenian and modern democracy. Professor Kolář, founder of the Classical Studies programme at the Komenský University in Bratislava, Dean of its philosophical faculty (1928-29) and Rector of the university (1934-35) commented upon the topical political events, warned of the dangers threatening the existence of the young Czechoslovak and European democracy from the right (Fascism and Nazism) and left (Bolshevism and Communism) and...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 36 (2009), 85-101
The study concentrates on the analysis of the "Operation 100", which was drafted by the communist Czech and Slovak state and party authorities in 1951 in the connection to the attempts for consolidation of the situation in Eastern Slovakia after dissolving the Greek Catholic Church. It was believed by the organisers that after the liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church (1950), the fusion of two Churches would be made very quickly and the believers would be transferred to the successor Orthodox Church. The reality of the years 1950-1951 was, however, different and they needed to prevent a scandal. One of the solutions was a forced resettlement of...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 36 (2009), 103-109
Burial rite and the manner how we deal with lifeless corpses is one of the themes that interests scholars of many disciplines: anthropology, history, archaeology. Comparative cultural anthropological research showed that all cultures and periods share the ambivalent relation to death: on one hand efforts to get connected with the deceased and on the other hand, defence against them. When studying the burial rites, therefore, the aim and focus is not only remains and ruins of the equipment of the graves but also human life. It is important to add, however, that it is crucial to know the remains and ruins of the equipment to be able to build the interpretation...
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