Geschichte von Böhmen
Grösstentheils nach urkunden und handschriften

The Czech historian František Palacký gives a detailed account of Bohemian history, published in German in ten parts (1836–67).

František Palacký (Author)

9781108054959, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 December 2012

422 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 kg

A highly influential Czech historian and politician, František Palacký (1798–1876) became in 1825 the first editor of the journal of the Bohemian Museum, a key cultural institution in the development of Czech nationalism. He was actively involved in the nineteenth-century Czech national revival, helping also to found the Czech national theatre. Entering politics in 1848, he served as president of the Prague Slavic Congress, and later became a member of the Austrian senate as a supporter of greater Czech autonomy. In this extensive work, comprising ten separate parts - published in German between 1836 and 1867 - Palacký gives a detailed account of Bohemian history until 1526. It remains an important and ambitious feat of scholarship, still relevant to students of central European history. The second part of Volume 2 (this is the 1850 printing) covers the years 1306–78, the time of the Luxembourgian dynasty.

Fünftes Buch. Böhmen unter dem Hause Luxenburg, bis zum Tode Kaiser Karls IV (vom Jahre 1306–78): 1. Uebersicht der inneren Zustände im Anfange dieser Periode
2. Bewegungen in Böhmen, bis zu K. Johanns Thronbesteigung
3. König Johanns Alleinregierung
4. K. Johann unter Mitregierung seines Sohnes Karl
5. König Karl I (IV) bis zu seiner Kaiserkrönung
6. Karl (IV) nach seiner Kaiserkrönung.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]