“I Am Ready to Recommend Your Grace’s School to Other Good Youngsters.” Grammar School in Rakovník and the Prague University before the Battle of White Mountain Cover Image

„Jiným hodným mládencem hotov jsem školu Vašich Milostí fedrovati.“ Rakovnická partikulární škola a pražská univerzita v předbělohorském období
“I Am Ready to Recommend Your Grace’s School to Other Good Youngsters.” Grammar School in Rakovník and the Prague University before the Battle of White Mountain

Author(s): Jan Černý
Subject(s): Education, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Rakovník; Early Modern Era; 16th and 17th century; system of education; education; university; ‘particular’ grammar school; Latin school; town school

Summary/Abstract: This contribution interprets documents related to the Latin grammar school (so-called ‘particular’) school in Rakovník in the second half of the 16th and early 17th century, which belong to collections of the City Archive of Rakovník and in the Archive of the Charles University. It focuses on relations between the town and the institution of higher learning, while taking note of graduates of the Rakovník school and administrators of the town school, who had links to the system of universities.

  • Issue Year: 56/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 81-97
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech