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Jan of Rabštejn († approx. 1450), the father of Chancellor Prokop († probably 1470), the humanist Jan (1437–1473) and three other Rabštejn brothers, is identified in the literature with Ješek Rabštejn, who was a member of the town council in Žatec multiple times between 1402 and 1414. The aim of this paper is to provide a critical examination of this repeatedly stated yet never confirmed hypothesis...
This study is focused on the issue of relations between the Czech nobility and the town of Cheb — a hereditary imperial pledge attached to the Kingdom of Bohemia. It examines both the issues of conflicts (so-called feuds — private wars) and non-conflict relations. In addition to confrontation and cooperation between the examined subjects, the study also raises the question of what form communication...
This study deals with the phenomena of aristocratic warfare and violence in late medieval Bohemia. Its main aim is to analyse the change, or the assumed retreat of aristocratic warfare from the life of the Bohemian nobility in the declining years of the Middle Ages. It makes use of the semantic analysis of the key terms used for designating aristocratic armed conflict, while it simultaneously questions...
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