The Hussite Revolution and the White Mountain Events in the Ideology of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the Light of the Work of Zdeněk Nejedlý Cover Image

Hussitische Revolution und die Ereignisse nach der Schlacht am Weißen Berg in der Ideologie der Kommunistischen Partei der Tschechoslowakei im Licht des Werkes von Zdeněk Nejedlý
The Hussite Revolution and the White Mountain Events in the Ideology of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the Light of the Work of Zdeněk Nejedlý

Author(s): Martin Weis
Subject(s): History, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: Communist ideology; Minister Zdeněk Nejedlý; ideological struggle; dispute over the meaning of Czech history; the concept of Master John Hus and the Hussites; the Battle of White Mountain;

Summary/Abstract: In 2020, we commemorate many historical anniversaries associated with the period of the Hussite wars and the White Mountain events. While in the subconscious of a large part of the Czech nation the period of the so-called Hussite revolution is often perceived as one of the most famous periods in national history, the Battle of White Mountain and subsequent events are perceived as one of the greatest tragedies in the Czech nation. The events, which are six hundred years old and four hundred years old, are still alive and are reflected in current political and cultural events, for example, the stormy disputes over the restoration of the Marian Column in Old Town Square in Prague. The author of this study intends to look at the above-mentioned events as an instrument of the political ideological struggle waged by the Communist Party in the 1950s through the work of the then prominent Communist ideologue and Minister of Education Zdeněk Nejedlý.

  • Issue Year: 9/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 56-68
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: German