history – early modern(31)

Renaissance Prague

At the end of the fifteenth century, when the Jagiellons and, later, the first Habsburg rulers sat on the Bohemian throne, the visual sty...

“La Mancha Roja” y “la Montaña Blanca”

This work by Spanish historian Anna Mur i Raurell is a contribution to the study of relations between central Europe and Spain in the 16t...

Las Órdenes Militares de Santiago, Calatrava y Alcántara en Centroeuropa antes y después de 1620 (ss. XVI-XVII)

Kapitoly z dějin česko-španělských kulturních styků a vztahů

The book Chapters on the history of Czech-Spanish cultural connections and relationships is a selection of studies published by the autho...

Nerovný boj o víru

The Unequal Fight for Faith. The Lords of Martinice and the Recatholicisation of the City of Slaný focuses on the transformation of ident...

Páni z Martinic a rekatolizace města Slaný (1600–1665)

Studentské koleje pražské univerzity v pozdním středověku a raném novověku

This book examines the history of five student colleges of the university in Prague (Czech Nation College, Nazareth College, Lithuanian C...

Dějiny – správa – úřední písemnosti (do roku 1622)

Praha renesanční

In this book, the scholar paints a vivid picture of Prague at the time when the Jagiellons and first Habsburgs rulers sat on the Bohemian...

The Irish Franciscans in Prague 1629–1786

At the end of the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I forced the Irish Franciscans into exile. Of the four continental provinces to whic...

Novinové zpravodajství a noviny v Čechách od 17. století do roku 1740

News has been spreading among people from time immemorial. Narratives, messages, letters, songs, but also written news, pictures and pamp...

Gotické deskové malířství v severozápadních a severních Čechách, 1340–1550

A remarkable set of altarpieces and individual panel paintings dating from 1340–1550 has been preserved in North-Western Bohemia. Most of...

Prague in the Reign of Rudolph II

Prague in the Reign of Rudolph II takes readers back to the days of the Habsburg Emperor Rudolph II (1576–1611) when Prague became the me...

Bílá hora

Only a few historical events have ever played such a significant role in the process of the formation of the Czech national awareness as ...

Česká města a jejich správa za třicetileté války

Although Czech cities’ participation in the Estates Uprising in 1618–1620 was not as extensive as that of both noble estates, the consequ...

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