Konfesijní politika šlechtických vrchností a šlechtická konfesionalizace v Čechách a na Moravě v 16. a 17. století

• Authors: Hrdlicka Josef

Title variants

EN

THE CONFESSIONAL POLICY OF ARISTOCRATIC MASTERS AND ARISTOCRATIC CONFESSIONALISM IN BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study attempts to observe the influence of the aristocracy on the formation of the confessional state of affairs in Bohemia and Moravia in the 16th and 17th centuries. It primarily focuses on the confessional policy of the nobility as manorial lords who were able to intervene actively and regularly in religious affairs on their estates; indeed, well over fifty per cent of the serfs in both Crown Lands lived on manorial estates. In addition to the authorities who practised religious tolerance towards their serfs (Josef Valka), other noblemen and knights actively upheld either the Reformation or the Counter-Reformation (Catholic confessionalism). In terms of the confessional policy of the manorial nobility, this study attempts to present - as a theme for discussion - the seven opportunities the nobility had at their disposal and could apply when influencing their serfs' religious practices.

Keywords

EN

ARISTOCRATIC CONFESSIONALISM; BOHEMIA; CHURCH; EARLY MODERN AGE; LOCAL POWER; MORAVIA; NOBILITY; REFORMATION; RELIGION

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 108
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 406-442
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Hrdlicka Josef

• Josef Hrdlicka, Filozoficka fakulta Jihoceske univerzity v Ceskych Budejovicich, Branisovska 31a, 370 01 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11CZAAAA094915