Two Monumental Publications Marking the 700th Anniversary of Birth of Charles IV in Current Czech Politics of History Cover Image

Karel sem, Karel tam... Dvě monumentální knihy k výročí Karla IV. v aktuální české politice dějin
Two Monumental Publications Marking the 700th Anniversary of Birth of Charles IV in Current Czech Politics of History

Author(s): Milena Bartlová
Subject(s): Cultural history, Comparative history, Political history, Social history, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Fakulta humanitních studií
Keywords: Charles IV of Luxembourg; Exhibitions; Methodology of Art History;

Summary/Abstract: This contribution compares two voluminous books which were published to mark the 700th anniversary of birth of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in 2016. The author analyses their structure, content, methods used, and their relation to current streams in Czech politics. Despite numerous differences, both books share certain focus on self-celebration of power and symbolic values of the ruler and the Church. This is probably largely due to the fact that as a set of available sources, surviving works of art would lend themselves to alternative representations only with difficulty.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 141-151
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech