Moc a bezmoc šlechtičen v husitských Čechách
The Power and Powerlessness of Noble Women in Hussite Bohemia

Summary/Abstract: The study analyses the roles of noble women in the public sphere and their specific share of power in Hussite Bohemia. It is based on theological literature and normative sources contrasted with reports from chronicles, diplomatic materials, and correspondence between nobles.The study covers the period up to the end of the 15th century and the role of women in the beginning of the formation of the Unity of the Brethren. The main focus is on the activities of noble women (in the reformation, revolution, wars, and during the years of confessional peace), while analysing the mutual relationship between the genders and the late medieval social networks in Bohemia while closely examining the characteristic phenomenon of religiously mixed marriages.

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