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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...

Válečný chirurg

War Surgeon presents the professional beginnings of František Burian, the founder of post-traumatic plastic surgery. The book summarizes ...

František Burian a zrození české plastické chirurgie

Spolkový život českých novinářů v letech 1945-1948

This book describes Czech journalists’ life in professional associations during the relatively democratic period of the "Third Republic.”...

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...

Reyes, emprendedores, misioneros

In the 19th century, the Mosquito Coast became an area of power struggles between Great Britain, the USA and the countries of Central Ame...

Rivalidad imperial y sincretismo colonial en la Costa de Mosquitia, siglo XIX

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...

Klíč k novověké paleografii

This handbook, "The Key to Modern Palaeography," represents a practical aid in reading Early Modern and Modern palaeographic texts (from ...

Historici, historiografie a dějepis

This book presents nineteen essays in which the scholar addresses issues of modern Czech, and partially also world historiography over an...

Alma mater Pragensis

The earliest history of Charles University forms a significant part of the medieval university education system and its importance throug...

Studie k počátkům Univerzity Karlovy

Physical and personality traits of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia

On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the death of Charles IV in 1978, Professor Emanuel Vlček, MD, DSc conducted research of the s...

A medical-anthropological investigation

Most do budoucnosti

In the 1960s and 70s one of the most historically valuable cities in northern Bohemia had to give way to surface coal mining. The new cit...

Laboratoř socialistické modernity na severu Čech

Autokrat a jeho doba

This book focuses on the relatively short period of a succession of revolutions and other changes in Europe. All European countries, incl...

Rusko a revoluce v letech 1830–1831