The journal AUC Historia Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis, subtitled “Příspěvky k dějinám Univerzity Karlovy” (Papers on the History of Charles University), is a periodical devoted not only to the history of the Prague university but also to the history of education and student movement in the Czech lands. The journal, published since 1960 as part of the Acta Universitatis Carolinae series, also publishes essays presenting original historical sources (all texts are accompanied by summaries in foreign languages, mainly in English and German). It regularly publishes reviews and annotations of works on the history of education and annals of research activities.
The journal is archived in Portico.
AUC HISTORIA UNIVERSITATIS CAROLINAE PRAGENSIS, Vol 53 No 1 (2013), 25–34
Vnímání husitství v české moderní a postmoderní společnosti
Petr Čornej
published online: 15. 09. 2014
abstract
Perception of Hussitism in modern and post-modern Czech society This contribution traces the way in which the changes the Czech society had undergone since the last quarter of the 18th century influenced the way it interprets Hussitism. Hussitism started as a movement advocating a Church reform and only later focused also on a change of political structure, aiming at strengthening the role of the estates. Even so, ever since the Enlightenment Period, scholars and the public tended to focus mainly on its secular aspects, while interest in its religious dimension was dwindling. This process culminated after February 1948, when the Communist regime ostentatiously acclaimed the Hussite legacy but interpreted Hussitism very narrowly in terms of a class struggle. At the moment, interest in Hussitism is largely in decline.
keywords: Hussitism; Czech society; religious reform; Enlightenment; tolerance; progress; tradition; Marxism; post-modernity
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ISSN: 0323-0562
E-ISSN: 2336-5730
