history – medieval(58)

Jana z Arku

Her thorough knowledge of sources allowed the scholar to depict Joan of Arc with regard to the role models she followed as a young woman....

Karel IV.

Charles IV (1316–1378) was king and emperor in a period when Christianity found itself in crisis and Europe was stricken by plague, the H...

Evropský císař

Karel IV. – Státnické dílo

This book comprises Czech translations of chosen legal documents issued by the Bohemian king Charles IV. The chosen documents emphasize t...

Knihy a knihovny v českém středověku

The book contains sixteen independent essays on medieval books, their writers, authors and owners. Professor Ivan Hlaváček reflects on th...

Medieval Painting in Bohemia

English translation of the Czech original published by the Karolinum Press in 2002. The book deals with the development and preservation ...

Mikuláš Puchník

This monograph presents a critical edition and a summary of the legal treatise Processus iudiciarius secundum stilum Pragense written by ...

Život a právnické dílo

Mittelalterliche Malerei in Böhmen

German translation of the Czech original published by the Karolinum Press in 2002. The book deals with the development and preservation o...

Mluvit mlčky

Sign language is an important phenomenon of monasticism which has existed for thousand years. The signs enable monks to pass an important...

Znaková řeč ve středověkých klášterech

Mniši, dvořané, literáti

This book presents essays published in Czech and Polish journals and collections over the past two decades. They address various aspects ...

Studie k cisterciáckému řádu a ke dvoru krále Václava II.

Moc rituálů

Ritual forms of communication in the Middle Ages significantly shaped the public actions of the powerful. For a long time, this mode of c...

Symbolika a vláda ve středověku

Nahlédnutí do středověku

The contradictions in the title should do more than to merely attract potential readers. The realization that many things in the Middle A...

Mluva písma a četba obrazů

Neklidné století

Historian Jaroslav Čechura has been exploring everyday life in the South-Bohemian countryside for many years. In this book he looks at th...

Třeboňsko v proměnách válečného věku (1590–1710)