ŽIVOT SESTER ALŽBĚTINEK NA SLUPI V ZRCADLE STATUT
THE LIFE OF THE SISTERS OF ST ELIZABETH IN THE CONVENT NA SLUPI IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR STATUTES

Summary/Abstract: The study is focused on the state of research and on the preserved sources to the history of the convent and hospital of the Order of St Elizabeth in Prague Na Slupi. It sums up the older and recent literature, both professional and popularising. The beginning of the Communist regime in 1948 meant a breach in the research of the church history. The topic of the Sisters of St Elizabeth reappeared in the scholarly literature in 1990s. The research for the last almost 30 years can be divided into works relating to the construction development of the convent, to its early modern history, some outputs are devoted to the hospital or special topics such as music and literature. To some extent, several research outputs deal with the recent history, especially with the persecution under the Communist regime. The basic archive source for the convent history is its own archive. Some essential historical documents are today known merely from the old works. For the research on the inside life of the convent, there are also printed sources, first of all statutes, religious books, handbooks for ceremonies such investiture or profession, or occasional printings. From the point of view of the sisters alone, the statutes are the most important document for the existence of the convent that stipulate strict rules for everyday life. Till the beginning of the 20th century, the Sisters of St Elizabeth followed the statutes published in Prague by Karel Jan Hraba in 1925 under the name Satzungen und Aemter Ordnung der Schwesteren des heiligen Elisabethiner Ordens that regulated the order life basically until 1918 when the Codex Juris Canonici came into force, which compelled the Bohemian monasteries and convents to adjust the existing statutes. The new statutes were adopted after complicated negotiations with pope Pius XI on June 17, 1931.

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