A History of the Czech LandsCharles University, 2009 - 639 oldal 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. |
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... centre of Samo's realm during the 8th century . In the first half of the 9th century , we know of another power centre that began to form on our territory in southern Moravia around Valy near Mikulčice and Staré Město near Uherské ...
... centres in Vimperk and Český Krumlov , and Deutschsüdmähren in southern Moravia with its centre in Znojmo . Apart from the four provinces , the towns of Brno , Olomouc and Jihlava ( all with a strong German minority ) were meant to be ...
... centre of gravity remained those four central countries - Bohemia , Moravia , Upper and Lower Lusatia . The Habsburg monar- chy would stand or fall by these . In this reduced constellation however the real significance of the two Czech ...
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Introduction | 17 |
Territorial Development and the Transformation of Landscape | 23 |
The Bohemian Crown Lands | 29 |
Copyright | |
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