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)

9781108054973, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 December 2012

562 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.71 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. In the second part of Volume 3 (1851) Palacký addresses the Hussite Wars from 1419 to 1431.

Siebentes Buch. Der Hussitenkrieg vom Jahre 1419–31: 1. Innere Zustände Böhmens unter K. Wenzel IV
2. Vorspiele des Hussitenkrieges (von Mitte August 1419 bis Mitte Mai 1420)
3. Erster Kreuzzug gegen die Hussiten (von der Hälfte Mai's, bis zur Hälfte Novembers 1420)
4. Prag - zweiter Kreuzzug (vom Jahre 1420 November bis 1422 März)
5. Zizka - dritter Kreuzzug (vom Jahre 1422 März bis 1424 October)
6. Korybut - vergebliche Unterhandlungen (vom Jahre 1424 Oktober bis 1427 April)
7. Prokop der Grosse - Übergang zur Offensive, vierter Kreuzzug (vom Jahre 1427 April bis 1430 Februar)
8. Entscheidung - fünfter und letzter Kreuzzug gegen die Hussiten (Jahre 1430–1 September).

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]