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Unity, confession, power. Symbolic communication in the town of Slaný in the 17th century
Unity, confession, power. Symbolic communication in the town of Slaný in the 17th century

Author(s): Josef Kadeřábek
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Modern Age, Theology and Religion, 17th Century, History of Religion
Published by: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Keywords: Jaroslav Bořita z Martinic; Symbolic communication; Rituals; Town of Slaný; Confession; Bernard Ignác z Martinic;

Summary/Abstract: Presented study deals with the problems of change of symbolic communication during the Counter-Reformation period in the Kingdom of Bohemia. It focuses on a micro-historical characterization of the royal town of Slaný in the 17th century which belonged to the group of significant utraquist royal towns in Bohemia but was pledged to the catholic family of Counts of Martinice.

  • Issue Year: 6/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 6-16
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English