The Earliest Confessional Registries and Statements of the Estate of Vysoký Chlumec in 1640s and early 1650s Cover Image

Nejstarší zpovědní seznamy panství Vysoký Chlumec z konce třicetileté války
The Earliest Confessional Registries and Statements of the Estate of Vysoký Chlumec in 1640s and early 1650s

Author(s): Marie Ryantová
Subject(s): History
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: confession; ecclesiastical control of penitents; re-Catholisation; imposition of state discipline; Vysoký Chlumec estate

Summary/Abstract: This study presents an overview of development of confessional practice. It focuses on the duty of so-called ‘Easter confession’ and traces the origins of fixed forms of evidence relating to the reception of this sacrament. The author summarises extant evidence relating to Easter confessions, which were introduced in order to supervise the progress of re-Catholisation in Bohemia after 1620. Main focus is on the registries from the demesne of Vysoký Chlumec, from which three texts are included in appendix.

  • Issue Year: 50/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-168
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Czech