The Margraves from Vohburg, the Czech Lands and the Cheb District in the Twelfth Century Cover Image

Markrabata z Vohburku, české země a Chebsko ve 12. století
The Margraves from Vohburg, the Czech Lands and the Cheb District in the Twelfth Century

Author(s): Tomáš Velička
Subject(s): History
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Filosofický ústav
Keywords: Vohburg family; Cheb district; ministerialis; Imperial-Bohemian relations; Premonstratensians; Cistercians

Summary/Abstract: The study presents the Bohemian milieu’s relationships to one of the imperial aristocraticdynasties of the High Middle Ages, the margraves from Vohburg. These ties are observed onseveral levels where Bohemian-Vohburg contacts might have occurred. At the highest dynasticlevel, it is possible to work with sporadic contemporary appearances of representatives of theVohburg and Přemyslid dynasties, which later found their expression also in the ecclesiasticalarea, because it seems that the Vohburg family could have had an influence on the arrival ofthe Premonstratensians and Cistercians to Bohemia. As the final contact area the Cheb districtis considered, which in the given period was not yet a component of the Bohemian state, butthe Vohburg family can be regarded as those who gave the region its high medieval appearance.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 37-54
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Czech