Legenda Christiani and Modern Historiography
David Kalhous Legenda Christiani and Modern Historiography Legenda Christiani and Modern Historiography focuses on the long history of the discussion over the authenticity of Legenda Christiani, a crucial text for the medieval history of the Czech lands. First, this study shows the birth and development of a critical historiography in the era of nationalism (19th-20th C.). Second, it explains the different textual strategies used by...
A Companion to the Reformation in Central Europe
Edited by Howard Louthan and Graeme Murdock A Companion to the Reformation in Central Europe A Companion to the Reformation in Central Europe analyses the diverse Christian cultures of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Czech lands, Austria, and lands of the Hungarian kingdom between the 15th and 18th centuries. It establishes the geography of Reformation movements across this region, and then considers different movements of...
Converting Bohemia
Howard Louthan Converting Bohemia Force and Persuasion in the Catholic Reformation Prior to the Thirty Years War, almost all of Bohemia’s population lay outside the Catholic fold, yet by the beginning of the eighteenth century the kingdom was clearly under Rome’s influence. Few regions in Europe’s history have ever experienced such a complete religious transformation; because of this, Bohemia offers a unique window...
