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Author | : Cosmas (of Prague) |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813215706 |
Download The Chronicle of the Czechs Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describes the earliest people to arrive in Bohemia, the first rulers and the origins of the Premyslid dynasty, the founding of Prague, and the early phases of Christianization. This title covers the period from 1037 to 1092, the age of Duke Bretislav I and his five contentious sons. It provides the oldest history of a Slavic people
Author | : János M. Bak |
Publisher | : Central European University Press |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2020-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 963386299X |
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The Latin-English bilingual volume presents the text of The Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague. Cosmas was born around 1045, educated in Liège, upon his return to Bohemia, he got married as well as became a priest. In 1086 he was appointed prebendary, a senior member of clergy in Prague. He completed the first book of the Chronicle in 1119, starting with the creation of the world and the earliest deeds of the Czechs up to Saint Adalbert. In the second and third books Cosmas presents the preceding century in the history of Bohemia, and succeeds in reporting about events up to 1125, the year when he died. The English translation was done by Petra Mutlova and Martyn Rady with the cooperation of Libor Švanda. The introduction and the explanatory notes were written by Jan Hasil with the cooperation of Irene van Rensvoude.T
Author | : Lisa Wolverton |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813226910 |
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Author | : Lisa Wolverton |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2012-10-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0812204220 |
Download Hastening Toward Prague Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the first comprehensive study in English of Czech society and politics in the High Middle Ages. It paints a vivid portrait of a flourishing Christian community in the decades between 1050 and 1200. Bohemia's social and political landscape remained remarkably cohesive, centered on a throne in Prague, the Premyslid duke who occupied it, a society of property-owning freemen, and the ascendant Catholic church. In decades fraught with political violence, these provided a focal point for Czech identity and political order. In this, the Czechs' heavenly patron, Saint Vaclav, and the German emperor beyond their borders too had a role to play. An impressive, systematic dissection of a medieval polity, Hastening Toward Prague is based on a close rereading of written and material artifacts from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Arguing against a view that puts state or nation formation at heart, Wolverton examines interactions among dukes, emperors, freemen, and the church on their own terms, asking what powers the dukes of Bohemia possessed and how they were exercised within a broader political community. Evaluating not only the foundations and practice of ducal lordship but also the form and progress of resistance to it, she argues in particular that violence was not a sign of political instability but should be interpreted as reflecting a dynamic economy of checks and balances in a fluid, mature political system. This also reveals the values and strategies that sustained the Czech Lands as a community. The study honors the complexity and dynamism of the medieval exercise of power.
Author | : Peter Demetz |
Publisher | : Hill and Wang |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1998-03-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1429930640 |
Download Prague in Black and Gold Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Prague is at the core of everything both wonderful and terrible in Western history, but few people truly understand this city's unique culture. In Prague in Black and Gold, Peter Demetz strips away sentimentalities and distortions and shows how Czechs, Germans, Italians, and Jews have lived and worked together for over a thousand years.
Author | : Alois Jirásek |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Download Old Czech Legends Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Written in the early 1890s, before Czech independence and in an age of patriotic upsurge and romanticism, these thirty-four tales quite naturally reflect a glorification of the Czech past. While the details of the legends are necessarily archaic, peopled by kings and noblemen, ghosts and magic, the themes are universal. Now at the dawn of a new era of Czech independence, they provide a fascinating new perspective to the contemporary situation.
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2019-02-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004392874 |
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This volume focuses on a nobleman’s grave found in a ninth-century building near Pohansko, an important centre of Great Moravia, to reconsider the wider frameworks of Moravian power, society, and culture.
Author | : David Kalhous |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2015-09-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004305890 |
Download Legenda Christiani and Modern Historiography Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Legenda Christiani and Modern Historiography focuses on the long history of the discussion over the authenticity of Legenda Christiani, a crucial text for the medieval history of the Czech lands. First, this study shows the birth and development of a critical historiography in the era of nationalism (19th-20th C.). Second, it explains the different textual strategies used by historiography in the modern era. Third, comparison with similar discussions about the consistency in or the age of medieval texts is offered. This book will be of interest for medievalists and for those studying the historiography of the Middle Ages.
Author | : Francis Lützow |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781022190474 |
Download The Story of Prague Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this beautifully illustrated book, Francis Lützow takes readers on a tour of one of Europe's most enchanting cities. From its medieval origins to its modern-day charms, Prague has a long and fascinating history. Lützow covers all the major landmarks and events that have shaped the city's past and present, including the Charles Bridge, the Velvet Revolution, and Kafka's haunting presence. A perfect guide for armchair travelers and wanderlustful adventurers alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : William Manchester |
Publisher | : Back Bay Books |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2009-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0316082791 |
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A "lively and engaging" history of the Middle Ages (Dallas Morning News) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion. From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth: the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains. "Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born." --Chicago Tribune