Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 9-27
At the beginning of the 1340s Barlaam of Seminara (ca. 1290-1348), a Calabrian monk, theologian and philosopher met Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) at the court of pope Benedict XII (1334-1342) in Avignon. This encounter meant the very first step in the revival of Greek studies within the Early Renaissance Italian milieu. This paper tries to delineate the ideological presuppositions of Petrarch's motives for reviving the knowledge of Greek language and literature. Leaving aside the Petrarch's own meagre progress in learning Greek it is necessary to point out his inspirational influence on his younger friend Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) who was able...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 29-40
Ambrogio Traversari (1386-1439) was the general superior of the strict Camaldolese Congregation (Benedictine monastic order) and spent most of his life within the Florentine monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli. His historical importance, however, lies in his texts - particularly in his numerous translations from Greek, but also in his rich correspondence. He is rightly considered one of the most distinguished intellectuals of that time. He was a friend of many of them (N. Niccoli, Poggio Bracciolini, L. Valla etc.). Pope Eugene IV designed Traversari not just to the office of general superior of Camaldolese, but also commissioned him to reform the...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 41-64
The above made comparison gives evidence that despite many differences in the development of administrative law in the two given states there are some "traditional concordances" which can be particularly found after World War I. Besides the similar constitutional basis for the judicial system of the Prussian type it was its Austrian subtype that was in force in both lands. The demarcation courts also operated in a similar way. In both states the general administrative law was not reintroduced after World War II while the public law dealing with "social affairs" (insurance, social security) or the limited supervision of the administration made by general...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 65-78
The aim of the international law system established at the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815 was the preservation of peace and stability in Europe. At the same congress a question was discussed whether the Ottoman empire should be included in the system. Appart from the Balkan Peninsula the empire spread across large areas of West Asia and North Africa. Eventually the declining sultan's empire was left outside the system, which enabled the European states to interfere in its inner affairs or even deprive it of a part of its territory. The largest territorial acquisition was made by France which occupied Ottoman Algeria in 1830 without being at war with...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 79-100
The study focuses on traveling and travel writing of members of Štúr's generation. They wandered not only the territory of today's Slovakia but visited also neighbouring Slavic countries that were a part of the Habsburg monarchy. This had multiple functions in Štúr's generation. The most important one was sharing of ideas and information. Traveling became one of the ways to promote the national revival movement.Travelogues of Štúr's generation are romantic national revival papers written in the spirit of the Slavic idea which applies also to the description of regions they wandered. The most important issues they dealt with were national issues...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 101-127
The article is devoted to a classical philologist and secondary school teacher Ladislav Brtnický (1858-1936). The focus lies on the analysis of his pedagogical, lecturing and charitable activities, particularly in Hradec Králové. The personal fonds of Ladislav Brtnický housed at the Masaryk Institute and Archive of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic has served as a basic source together with the fonds "Gymnasium J. K. Tyla Hradec Králové NAD: 240" and "Dívčí gymnásium Hradec Králové NAD: 230" housed at the State Regional Archives in Zámrsk, State District Archives in Hradec Králové.Ladislav Brtnický's pedagogical work at classical gymnasium...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 129-162
When the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague split into two independent universities (Czech and German) united only through the name (while the German branch saw itself as a successor of the studium generale founded by Charles IV.), several changes in staff at the Department of Classical Studies were made. Two chairs of classical philology were steadily held by full professors Carl Holzinger von Weidich and Alois Rzach, the third one changing the holder more frequently (Otto von Keller, Otto Plasberg, Alfred Klotz). Students were introduced to the history of ancient Greece and Rome by professors O. Benndorf, O. Hirscheld, W. Klein, J. Jung and H....
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 163-180
The aim of the paper is to present the development of relations between Slovaks and Czechs during the long-lasting Magyarization oppression. This is done through the personalities involved in the issue: Karel Kálal, Alois Kolísek, Jozef Rotnágl from the Czech, and Vavro Šrobár, Pavol Blaho and last but not least Andrej Hlinka from the Slovak side. The study focuses particularly on the activities of Andrej Hlinka, a representative of the Slovak political Catholicism who performed a variety of activities in order to reinforce the relations between Slovaks and Czechs. His way of thinking, his influence, behaviour and actions led Slovak population to consolidate...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 181-195
Rwanda has become a symbol of the worst crimes against humanity in both modern and contemporary history. Before the outbreak of the genocide in 1994 Rwanda had been coping with social unrest enabled by the inappropriate, sometimes chaotic and not very pragmatic policy of the Belgian administration which had been favorizing the Tutsi aristocracy for several decades. This was the stimulus for a social revolution led by the Hutu during the decolonisation which brought chaos and violence to the country. The study deals with the Belgian colonial policy and inner tensions in Rwanda in the period of decolonisation between the years 1957-1961. The Belgian...
Historica Olomucensia vol. 43 (2012), 197-219
The article analyses the circumstances of the arrival and activities of 17 Russian Orthodox priests in Eastern Slovakia in the second half of the 1950s and the first half of the 1960s. They were sent to Czechoslovakia on demand of leading personalities of the Orthodox Church with an approval of the party and state authorities to help the local Church to calm the situation after a violent liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church and an attempt to convert the clergy and population to the Orthodox Church. The East Slovakia Orthodox Church suffered from the lack of priests and the help of Soviet clergy from the Carpatho-Ukraine was intended to overcome...
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