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In this article, Dufrenne argues that imagination need not be only the subjective capacity to invent the unreal (dreams, fantasies), but that it is actually capable of revealing images that bring human beings closer to t...

The paper reviews special Aronszajn trees, both at ω1 and κ+ for an uncountable regular κ. It provides a comprehensive classification of the trees and discusses the existence of these trees under different set-theoret...

The study follows fortunes of the famous Ancient Roman novel and its impact on the visual arts in the early modern period. Special attention is paid to the Rudolphine art and to the distinctive transformation of the them...

The beginnings of archaeological interest in studying the modern era can be dated to the early 20th century. Initially, isolated initiatives and achievements were based on research of archaeologists (especially specialis...

Book review: Barbora Půtová: Antropologie turismu. Praha: Karolinum, 2019, 217 s.

In this contribution, the seldom investigated manuscript by a Chomutov burgess Andreas Augustin Fiedler († 1690) is placed in the context of Central European historiography. Subsequently, I outline the spatiotemporal c...

Many individuals around the world speak two or more than two languages. This phenomenon adds a fascinating dimension of variability to speech, both in perception and production. But do bilinguals change their voice when ...

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The presented article analyses the British post-war procedural policy that was applied against persons suspected of crimes under international law in the Pacific region. The first part of the essay deals with the general...

The aim of this case study is to verify the arguments that were applied by Greek theologians against the practice of using unfermented bread for Eucharist celebrations in the West at the beginning of the schism. The rese...

Břetislav Tureček: Nesvatá válka o Svatou zemi. Praha: Knižní klub, 2011, 287 s.

The author of the essay reflects two possible approaches towards epistemology. First approach, according to him, originates in the Antiquity and Middle Ages; its systematic form can be also encountered in the contemporar...

The Hlučín Region is a small border area in the Moravia-Silesia Region. Its history is specific. Over 25 years in the 20th century, its border shifted three times and its inhabitants’ nationality also changed three t...

According to Timothy D. Barnes, Gallus and Julian are not half-brothers but both are children of Basilina. The only source backing this claim is a fragment of Philostorgius (Hist. eccl. II, 16a, 3) from the Passio Artemi...

The present article provides a detailed description of the personal archive of one of the secretly ordained priests of the Underground Church (or Clandestine Church as they prefer to say), namely Vendelín Laca (1932–2...

Following the findings of contemporary theological and religious studies research, the present interdisciplinary study attempts to trace the process of adopting the originally Roman category of “religion” for referri...

The aim of this paper is to introduce one of the classical sociological research conducted by Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Elihu Katz in the city of Decatur (Illinois) in the Midwest of United States in 1955. The subject of th...

The concept of dimensions appearing in the title of the paper also covers delimitation, formatting, matrix etc. This approach is suitable for historical sociology, which focuses on long-term social processes as well as d...

The legal system of the Czechoslovak legionnaires in Russia developed autonomously from the beginning of 1918 as a result of their separation from the headquarters in Europe. Although its central element was undoubtedly ...

The study deals with pilgrimages to Esquipulas, Guatemala, and patterns of miracle in terms of their perception by the pilgrims reaching this prominent religious hub of Central America. Two key pilgrimage discourses are ...

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Book review on Elke Riemer-Buddecke: E. T. A. Hoffmann – Porträts und Illustrationen. Berlin: Frank & Timme 2024. 729 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-7329-8925-6 (hardback), 978-3-7329-8925-6 (e-book)