This paper depicts the frequency of the Jewish given names in the Tachov and Stříbro Land in Western Bohemia, from 18th to 20th centuries. The research is based on original documentation of the Jewish cemeteries, gravestones and epitaphs, started in 2002. This research is a&#x...

The Study is concentrated on the history of the Cistercian Abbey of Grünhain in Saxony and its estates in the kingdom of Bohemia with a center in Bystřice near Kadaň in the Late Middle Ages.

There was based the new scientific journal in Pilsen in 1958. His creator and head of editorial board professor Václav Čepelák from department of history at pedagogical highschool in Plzeň made it like a yearbook. It was focused on history of Westbohemian region and didactic&#...

The article deals with the developement of the church Saint Giles in Budislavice, marginalized ecclesiastical building in South-Pilsen Region, and his administration from historical beginnings till 1912 in the context of property and patronal relationships. The article appears from wider spectrum...

Since the beginnings of his reform endeavours Comenius had showed an extraordinary interest in language teaching which he appreciated not only as a means of better communication but also as an instrument of human emendation. Although he had tried to improve teaching Latin and ...

Thesis tries to have a clear and comprehensive perspective on death and burial in the Baroque Manetin. The work includes a chapter about generally applicable funeral rites. Emphasis is placed mainly on the second chapter about Manetin and on the part that deals with books ...

This article compares normative sources of three Westbohemian miller‘s guilds - from Cheb, Úterý and Kralovice. At first it introduces evolution of guilds in 14th and 15th century, than economic development of all three settlements and craft itself, follows descriptions and comparison o...