Hradec Králové narrative sources from the late 16th and the first half of the 17th century Cover Image

Královéhradecké narativní historiografické prameny ze závěru 16. a první poloviny 17. století
Hradec Králové narrative sources from the late 16th and the first half of the 17th century

reconstruction of the source base

Author(s): Jana Vojtíšková
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, 16th Century, 17th Century, Source Material
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Masarykův ústav
Keywords: Narrative historiographical sources; Veleslavín's Historical Calendar; chroniclers; history of towns; Hradec Králové

Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts to reconstruct the now lost aide-memoire notes of Hradec Králové chroniclers, who at the end of the 16th and in the first half of the 17th century used the second edition of Veleslavín's Historical Calendar (1590) for their notes, recording events of a local nature in particular. In contrast to others which were used by their owners for personal purposes, the Hradec copy of Veleslavín's Calendar came into being in 1590 at the order of the Hradec political representatives and was housed at the Hradec town hall until the 19th century. Today we only learn indirectly of its existence from the testimony of Jan Soukup (1867–1933) and an analysis of the preserved Hradec Králové history by Karel Joseph Biener of Bienenberk (1731–1798) and František de Paula Švenda (1741–1822).

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 107-131
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Czech