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The image of the peasant in the Medieval literature was decisively critical and rather stereotypical: the peasant was Ham’s descendant (Ham was one of the Noah’s sons), and he was animal, primitive and lazy in his character. The theory of the functional division into three social groups (estates) mitigated that image a bit presenting peasants as part of the society that was necessary for the whole to function properly. The situation of the Swedish peasants was actually different from the position of peasants in ‘continental’ Europe: they possessed land and political rights. But d id a better situation of Swedish peasants influence their image in the Swedish narrative sources of the 14th and 15th centuries? The analysis of the 14th-century texts proves that the creation of a society based on estates in Sweden and a closer contact with the European culture were the reasons why Swedish peasants lost their social prestige, which they had enjoyed in the 13th century, and, as a consequence, their image in the Swedish 14th century literature does not differ much from European model. On the other hand, in the 15th-century sources Swedish peasants are presented as a social group that played a significant political and military role, with their own ethos, national consciousness, and as part of the body politic. The sources do not describe them explicitly in a positive way, but they bear testimony that the previous – rather negative – image was changed, and they show a significant role of Swedish peasants in the fights with the kings of the Kalmar Union.
Folia historica Bohemica
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2016
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vol. 31
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issue 1
67–83
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One of few preserved early modern narrative sources from the environments of the Třeboň augustinian canonry is the manuscript Rosa Trebonea, deposited in the collection of manuscripts of the State Regional Archive at Třeboň today. It deals with the history of the Třeboň monastic house, capturing the period between the middle of the 14th century and the middle of the 18th century. The author of the manuscript is unknown today; still, it is likely that he was someone from the group of Třeboň canons, e.g. Václav Mann, who was active in the field of literature. The form and contents of the not widely known manuscript as well as the context of other narrative sources of the augustinian origin are presented in this contribution.
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This article focuses on narrative sources for the town histories which are part of the Manuscript collection of the National Museum in Prague. It refers to Early Modern Times historiographic works coming from the following towns: České Budějovice, Horní Blatná, Cheb, Jáchymov, Klatovy, Plzeň, Prachatice, Sedlčany, Vysoké Mýto, and Trutnov.
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The study deals with preserved historiographical works by several Litoměřice citizens, and expecially with a little collection of texts dating from the 17th century which contains also annalistic records daring from the years 1589-1615. The author of these annalistic records might have been Viktorin Šermer. Besides the annalistic records the collection also contains other texts, first of all various medical recipes and economic advice. Their contents allow the reader to obtain a picture of mentality of a city family at the beginnning of the baroque period.
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This study deals with the historiography of the mining town Jáchymov. In the 16th century a few historiographic works originated, the most attractive of which being the chronicle by Johan Mathesius, a pastor in Jáchymov, and his folllowers. The works by Johan Seltenreich and David Hüter, local scribes, are less known. The writings are housed in the Jáchymov Municipal Archive and in the National Museum Archive in Prague.
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The study examines chronicles from the second half of the 18th century written by the České Budějovice master baker Lukas Bernard Schneider. In addition to the Schneider Chronicle recounting the history of the town between 1253 and 1768, attention is paid to its copies. The external dnd internal attributes of the manuscripts have been analysed and the filiation and comparison of Schneider´s Chronicles with other chronicles produced by České Budějovice burghers during the early modern age have been carried out.
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In my paper I make an attempt to present the current state of knowledge on the source base concerning the Polish community in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Austro-Hungarian period. I analyze exclusively narrative sources, which I classified according to the Polish groups which appeared there (peasants, intelligentsia and soldiers). I also evaluate the usefulness of those narrative sources in my research. I briefly characterized each source naming its author, the context as well as the approximate date of the appearance of a given source, which will certainly contribute to the further research.
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The Memorial Book of the central Bohemia town of Velvary started in 1576, ranks among noteworthy early modern age memorial books. A number of municipal scribes took part in its production. Besides official records it contains a number of chronicle entries that portray the town´s life until the last quarter of the 18th century. It comprises the oldest depiction of the Velvary town coat of arms dating from 1807.
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The Possibility of Utilizing Missionaries’ Correspondence to Study the History of Peasant Migration (from the territories of former Polish Commonwealth) at the turn of the twentieth century The article presents new possibilities of research on the history of migration at the turn the 20th century using narrative sources, particularly the correspondence of missionaries. Peasants produced and left behind very few narrative sources, which results in migration historians rarely using them. The author indicates how to use alternative narrative sources produced by people of the Church to study the history of migration, in particular emigration from the territories of the former Polish Commonwealth.
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Annales Miechovienses started in the Middle Ages in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Miechów. In the 19th and 20th centuries three editions of this Annales were done (1866, 1872, 1960). During the World War II the book with the manuscript, on the basis of which this chronicle has been issued in print, was irretrievably lost but fortunately, the photographies of the text of Annales were preserved. Some of the historians believed, that even in the 17th century in the monastery in Miechów existed two copies of manuscripts of the Annales Miechovienses: the first one, that in 19th and 20th centuries became the basis of editions, and the second one – completely unknown. The proof of the existence of two different versions was to be the difference between the text presently known as Annales, and the quotes from the monastic chronicle included in the Samuel Nakielski’s book Miechovia sive promptuarium antiquitatum monasterii Miechoviensis, published in Cracow in the thirties and forties of the 17th century. According to some researches, the differences indicate that Nakielski drew his quotations from an unknown manuscript of the Annales Miechovienses. However, the analysis of Nakielski’s citations from other texts, with different narrative sources, indicates, that the author of Miechovia was not always passing the borrowed quotes accurately: he often introduced changes and amendments (he was adding his own sententeces, shortening them, changing dates etc.). Therefore, the differences between the text of Annales known today, and references to it in Miechovia, could not be a sufficient argument for the thesis statement outlined above. The analysis of Miechovia suggests, that the source from which Nakielski was quoting the passages of monastic chronicle, contained additionaly other texts missing in the manuscript book, part of which is presently known as the text of Annales Miechovienses. Therefore, it is a proof that, indeed, in Nakielski’s times existed two manuscripts of the work, placed in two different books. Presumably, the unknown version of Annales Miechovienses was more extensive one than the version preserved to this day.
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Engaged narration. Narrative strategies of the literary-historical works at the turn of the 14th century: The study discusses the hitherto neglected topic – comparing the testimony of narrative sources, both domestic epics and domestic historiography on the history of the end of the 13th and 14th centuries. It indicates a reflection of the political events from the lives of the Bohemian kings, which appear identically in the domestic German and Old-Czech epics and the same also in the Latin chronicle production. The text also points out that it is mainly the events from the childhood and life of the penultimate Přemyslid king Wenceslas II.
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Już od czasów św. Augustyna społeczeństwo średniowieczne było głęboko przekonane o związku herezji z diabłem, a heretyków często uważano za członków civitatis diaboli. W środowisku śląskim z podobnie skonstruowaną tożsamością religijną częściej można się spotkać w późnym średniowieczu, kiedy społeczeństwo śląskie stanęło w obliczu zagrożenia husytyzmem. Powyższe znalazło odzwierciedlenie w pracach ówczesnych kronikarzy (np. Petera Eschenloera, Caspara Borgeniego, Johannesa Frobena i innych). Opisy heretyków tworzone były zgodnie z istniejącą już tradycją chrześcijańską i w przeważającej mierze składały się ze stereotypów i toposów związanych z herezją. Artykuł skupia się na analizie strategii narracyjnych stosowanych przez śląskich kronikarzy i stara się wyjaśnić, w jaki sposób kreowali oni obraz heretyków, z naciskiem na rolę, jaką w tych opisach odgrywał diabeł.
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Since the times of St Augustine, the medieval society was firmly convinced about the connection between heresy and the devil, and heretics were often considered members of the civitatis diaboli. In the Silesian milieu, a similarly constructed religious identity can be more often encountered in the late Middle Ages, when the society was facing the threat of Hussitism. This was reflected in the works of contemporary chroniclers (e.g., Peter Eschenloer, Caspar Borgeni, Johannes Froben, etc.). The descriptions of heretics were created in accordance with the already existing Christian tradition and predominantly consisted of stereotypes and topoi associated with heresy. The paper focuses on the analysis of narrative strategies used by Silesian chroniclers and endeavours to explain how the image of heretics was created, with an emphasis on the role the devil played in these descriptions, therefore it analyses the relationship between heretics and the devil.
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