Historical Consciousness of German Travellers to Bohemia (1750–1850)

• Authors: Power Martina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article assesses the historical consciousness of German travellers who visited Bohemia in the period between 1750 and 1850. Through an analysis of the German travel literature about Bohemia, the goal is to identify such geographical sites that were associated with important historical events and to examine the interpretation of historical events. The focus on the period of one hundred years between 1750 and 1850 allows for the analyses of the transformation of historical memories and the study of those memories in the context of emerging national identities. The article shows that travellers and authors of the travel literature set the historical remembrances within the interpretative framework of a national historical narrative.

Keywords

EN

Historical Consciousness; Travelling; Bohemia; Habsburg Monarchy; Social History

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Prager wirtschafts- und sozialhistorische Mitteilungen - Prague Economic and Social History Papers
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-22

Contributors

author

Power Martina

• Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Ústav hospodářských a sociálních dějin nám. Jana Palacha 2 116 38 Praha 1