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 56 No 2 (2016), 33–95
Studenti z území polsko-litevské unie na pražské univerzitě v 17.–18. století
[Students from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita) at the Prague University in the 17th and 18th century]
Robert T. Tomczak
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23365730.2017.17
published online: 12. 01. 2018
abstract
This contribution deals with young men from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Prague University. In the 17th and 18th century, approximately one hundred students from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, i.e., Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Royal Prussia, and the Duchy of Prussia (until 1657), had passed through its lecture halls and their names are recorded in the relevant sources (student registries, albums, and printed university documents). These young men were either of aristocratic (40%) or bourgeois (51%) origin. Within the intellectual context of Early Modern Europe, the Prague University was seen as one of the conservative and provincial establishments. Even so, it managed to attract Polish students by its tradition, its Catholic nature, geographic location (travelling to a nearby country was cheaper), but also lower costs of study and lower living expenses. These were the main considerations which led the young Poles to choose Prague academic environment as the place where they would receive their education. The Prague University was affordable even for poorer nobility and burghers, which formed the majority of Polish students in Prague.
keywords: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, students, Prague, university, 17th and 18th century, prosopography, educational travel
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ISSN: 0323-0562
E-ISSN: 2336-5730
