This original collection of essays offers an account of key moments and themes in the history of the Czech Lands from the ninth century to the fall of socialism in 1989. The essays, commissioned specially for this volume, are almost all written by prominent scholars teaching and researching in the present-day Czech Republic, and there is no comparable book in English on the subject. Topics range from the great Bohemian courts of the medieval and early modern periods, to the nationalist revival, and the dramatic ethnic upheavals of modern times.
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"The work of a gifted editor and a score of Czech scholars who share a common history of having suffered injustice, ostracism, intellectual constraint, and academic persecution during communist rule in Czechoslovakia--especially after 1968--this volume of 18 essays presents a strikingly original picture of Czech history and culture." Choice
"...the essays are written in a style that is clear and avoids the use of cumbersome jargon...The collection is almost entirely free of anything that might be considered patriotic chestbeating or ranting nationalism." Andrew M. Drozd, Slavic and East European Journal
"All of these essays are highly scholarly pieces of work....The English translations are uniformly excellent..." Slavic Review
"...handsomely produced volume..." American Historical Review
"...the essays are written in a style that is clear and avoids the use of cumbersome jargon...The collection is almost entirely free of anything that might be considered patriotic chestbeating or ranting nationalism." Andrew M. Drozd, Slavic and East European Journal
"All of these essays are highly scholarly pieces of work....The English translations are uniformly excellent..." Slavic Review
"...handsomely produced volume..." American Historical Review
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This original collection of essays offers an account of key moments and themes in the history of the Czech Lands from the ninth century to the fall of socialism in 1989. The essays, commissioned specially for this volume, are almost all written by prominent scholars teaching and researching in the present-day Czech Republic, and there is no comparable book in English on the subject. Topics range from the great Bohemian courts of the medieval and early modern periods, to the nationalist revival, and the dramatic ethnic upheavals of the modern times.
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I haven't finished the book yet, but perused all of it. I have Czech ancestry and been to the CZ Rep three times. This is the first book in English I've found on the history of Bohemia and more distinctly for the modern era, the Czech Republic. This book is a compilation of works by scholarly people on different eras dating from BC to principally 900 AD forward. There are maps to help also. This covers ALL the history and does not overemphasize the reformation, defenestrations, and Battle of White Mountain. I think it's well worth the money.
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Scattered archaeological findings indicate that the most ancient evidence of human beings in the Bohemian basin date from the Lower Palaeolithic epoch, more than half million years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
territorial patriotism, patriotic community, lower aristocracy, royal towns, occupation regime Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Czech Lands, White Mountain, Central Europe, Communist Party, Kingdom of Bohemia, Sudeten Germans, Soviet Union, Crown of Bohemia, King of Bohemia, Prague University, State Rights, Czech Reformation, Czechoslovak Republic, Jan Hus, Late Gothic, Prague Castle, Unity of Brethren, Great German, Great Moravia, King Vladislav, New York, People's Party, Vladislav Hall, German Reich, Great Communes New!
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Scattered archaeological findings indicate that the most ancient evidence of human beings in the Bohemian basin date from the Lower Palaeolithic epoch, more than half million years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
territorial patriotism, patriotic community, lower aristocracy, royal towns, occupation regime Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Czech Lands, White Mountain, Central Europe, Communist Party, Kingdom of Bohemia, Sudeten Germans, Soviet Union, Crown of Bohemia, King of Bohemia, Prague University, State Rights, Czech Reformation, Czechoslovak Republic, Jan Hus, Late Gothic, Prague Castle, Unity of Brethren, Great German, Great Moravia, King Vladislav, New York, People's Party, Vladislav Hall, German Reich, Great Communes New!
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- History of the Czechs and Slovaks by R. W. Seton-Watson in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- King John by John Charles on page 54, and page 63
- Social Preconditions of National Revival in Europe by Miroslav Hroch on page 213, and page 378
- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton on page 182, and page 191
- Age of Extremes by Eric J Hobsbawm in Front Matter
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- The Habsburg Monarchy 1490-1848: Attributes of Empire (European History in Perspective) by Paula Sutter Fichtner on 6 pages
- The Jews of Bohemia and Moravia: Facing the Holocaust (Comprehensive History of the Holocaust) by Livia Rothkirchen on 4 pages
- Hastening Toward Prague: Power and Society in the Medieval Czech Lands (The Middle Ages Series) by Lisa Wolverton in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Sokol in the Czech Lands to 1914: Training for the Nation by Claire E. Nolte in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledgecurzon Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series, 1) by Stefan Auer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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