Author : Jaroslav Pánek
Publisher : Karolinum Press, Charles University
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 46,91 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN :
Provides a systematic history from prehistory to the establishment of the Czech Republic.
Author : Jaroslav Pánek
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 15,72 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Czech Republic
ISBN : 8024622270
Born January 1, 1993 after it split with Slovakia, the Czech Republic is one of the youngest members of the European Union. Despite its youth as a nation, this land and the areas just outside its modern borders boasts an ancient and intricate past. With A History of the Czech Lands, editors Jaroslav Pánek and Oldrich Tuma—along with several scholars from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Charles University—provide one of the most complete historical accounts of this region to date. Pánek and Tuma’s history begins in the Neolithic era and follows the development of the state as it transformed into the Kingdom of Bohemia during the ninth century, into Czechoslovakia after World War I, and finally into the Czech Republic. Such a tumultuous political past arises in part from a fascinating native people, and A History of the Czech Lands profiles the Czechs in great detail, delving into past and present traditions and explaining how generation after generation adapted to a perpetually changing government and economy. In addition, Pánek and Tuma examine the many minorities that now call these lands home—Jews, Slovaks, Poles, Germans, Ukrainians, and others—and how each group’s migration to the region has contributed to life in the Czech Republic today. The first study in English with this scope and ambition, A History of the Czech Lands is essential for scholars of Slavic, Central, and East European studies and a must-read for those who trace their ancestry to these lands
Author : Jan Klapste
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 2011-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 900422646X
This book offers a key to several important chapters of the history of Czech lands, firmly anchoring them in a broad European context. The Medieval transformation that impacted the Czech lands mostly in the 13th century is seen as a broad cultural change in which domestic preconditions encountered a system of innovations already evolved in West Central Europe. The main topics analysed are the onset of landed nobility, the transformation of the rural milieu, and the early history of towns. This analysis draws on every source category, including written testimony, archaeological findings, and architectural monuments. Inspired by microhistorical methodology, it does not indulge in general schemes but studies carefully chosen samples of the transformation and its natural differentiations. Winner of the 2012 Book Prize of the Early Slavic Studies Association.
Author : Hugh LeCaine Agnew
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0817944923
In this first up-do-date, single volume history of the Czechs, Agnew provides an introduction to the major themes and contours of Czech history for the general reader from prehistory and the first Slavs to the Czech Republic's entry into the European Union."
Author : C. Nolte
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 2002-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0230288685
This overview of the history of the Sokol, the Czech nationalist gymnastic organization, from its founding in 1862 until the outbreak of World War I emphasizes its role in articulating national values and facilitating mass mobilization in the political context of the multinational Habsburg state. By including background on the German Turnverein , this study goes beyond the Czech context to explore the intersection of gymnastics and mass nationalism in Central Europe.
Author : Derek Sayer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 2000-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691050522
A cultural history of the Czech people, examining the significance of the small central European nation's artistic, literary, and political developments from its origins through approximately 1960.
Author : Andrew Green
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 2021-03-20
Category :
ISBN :
Sate Your Hunger for Knowledge With This Complete Guide to Switzerland's History and Find Out What's Great About This Unique Country. Do you know what's so great about Switzerland? Well, first of all, the flag is a big plus! Mountains, watches, secret bank accounts, cheese, and chocolate - these are just some of the many great things that this country is famous for. The most interesting thing about this small country is that Switzerland always remained neutral even through history's most turbulent periods. How did such a small and cut-off land become so central (and not just in its location) to the events of the western world? In The History of Switzerland, you will be taken on a magnificent journey through Switzerland's history that will answer all questions you may have - from Switzerland's humble beginnings to the modern nation that it is today. So prepare yourself for a unique and incredible journey that will sate your hunger for knowledge and teach you everything about Switzerland. Here are some of the topics you can find in this historical guide: Switzerland's humble beginnings and early history The Swiss Confederacy and Habsburg interference The warriors of Switzerland, Swiss mercenaries, and Swiss Papal Guard Defeat of emperor Maximilian Peasant uprisings and the Thirty Years' War Switzerland's role in World War I, War World II, and between wars Cold War in Switzerland Switzerland and the European Union Present and future of Switzerland And much more! If you want to embark on a unique journey through history and learn everything about Switzerland, then this book will be the perfect guide on that journey. What are you waiting for? Scroll up, click on "Buy Now with 1-Click," and Get Your Copy Now!
Author : Hillel J. Kieval
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 2000-12-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520921160
With a keen eye for revealing details, Hillel J. Kieval examines the contours and distinctive features of Jewish experience in the lands of Bohemia and Moravia (the present-day Czech Republic), from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth century. In the Czech lands, Kieval writes, Jews have felt the need constantly to define and articulate the nature of group identity, cultural loyalty, memory, and social cohesiveness, and the period of "modernizing" absolutism, which began in 1780, brought changes of enormous significance. From that time forward, new relationships with Gentile society and with the culture of the state blurred the traditional outlines of community and individual identity. Kieval navigates skillfully among histories and myths as well as demography, biography, culture, and politics, illuminating the maze of allegiances and alliances that have molded the Jewish experience during these 200 years.
Author : Petr Čornej
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN :
This brief history of the Czech Lands has been compiled by leading Czech historians. Its brevity and clarity result from their highly skillful refinement and distillation of profound and detailed knowledge. This little book is one that the reader can either read from start to finish or use as reference for years to come.
Author : Mikuláš Teich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 19,91 MB
Release : 1998-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521431552
Essays on the history of the Czech lands from the ninth century to the fall of socialism in 1989.
