Reprezentace kutnohorského havířského pořádku

• Authors: Viktor Pohanka

Title variants

EN

Representations of the Kutná Hora mining community

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The study strives to complexly understand the tools the mining community used to represent itself within the society of Kutná Hora. The miners were not among the wealthy nor those that were exposed in society, although their corporation was well respected and its representations were visible in various contexts of municipal life. The esteem in which the mining community was held balanced the insignificant position of the miners themselves within the entire community. This also created a demand for power that the miners did not hesitate to use beginning at the end of the 15th century. Thanks to its skilful communication and reasoning of its importance, the mining community was able to force its will and influence political decisions.

Keywords

EN

mining; miners; community; Kutná Hora; municipal community; late Middle Ages; labour; representation; symbolic communication; art

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 77-102
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Viktor Pohanka

• Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic