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The text examines the works of the representatives of the institutional critique, in particular the works of Hans Haacke, Marcel Broodthaers, Michael Asher and Daniel Buren. It starts with the discussion on the instituti...

Book review on KADLEC, P. Moravský advokát a politik Fritz Plachky (1836–1928). Mezi slávou a zatracením, rakušanstvím a němectvím. Ostrava: Pavel Mervart – Ostravská univerzita, 2022, 244 s.

The study is based on the prosopography of 93 professors, who have taught at the Prague Utraquist University in the years 1526–1622. It examines the careers of 63 of them, who have left the university and settled down ...

Obituary on Daniel Škoviera

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Book review: BRTKO, R. Kontroverzie medzi prokuliánmi a sabiniánmi. Levoča: MTM, 2020, 165 s.

The article describes the role of the Chicago School of Sociology in the development of empirical social research. It traces the increase in the significance of the education of doctoral students on American universities...

Book review: David Remnick: Král světa: Vzestup a pád Muhammada Aliho. Praha: XYZ, 2016, 432 s.

David Vopřada. Kněžství v prvních staletích církve I. 1.–3. století [Das Priestertum in den ersten Jahrhunderten der Kirche I. 1. bis 3. Jahrhundert]. Praha: Krystal OP 2018, 256 S. ISBN 978-80-7575-033-4

The article analyses a selected text of the travelogue of Czech nobleman and humanist Christopher Harant of Polžice and Bezdružice (1564–1621). Harant’s information on the ancient Roman custom of punishing debtors ...

Book review: Dennis Smith: Civilized Rebels. An Inside Story of the West’s Retreat from Global Power. London: Routledge, 2018, 216 s.

Book review: HÁJKOVÁ, D. – HORÁK, P. – KESSLER, V. – MICHELA, M. (eds.). Sláva republice! Oficiální svátky a oslavy v meziválečném Československu. Praha: Academia – Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, 2...

The aim of the study is to show the consequences for the Hungarian Piarist Order stemming from the ecclesiastical reforms of Joseph II. (r. 1765–1790). Both Maria Theresa (r. 1740–1780) and her son, Joseph II wanted ...

Book review on Martin Maďar, The Chuch of God and Its Human Face: The Contribution of Joseph A. Komonchak to Ecclesiology, Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2019, 199 stran, ISBN: 9781532657467.

The legal regulation of the liability of civil servants for damage caused by them to the civil service contained in Act No. 234/2014 Sb., on the Civil Service, as amended, directly refers to Act No. 262/2006 Sb., the Lab...

Book review on Pavel Ondřejek. Koncepce práva jako systému. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020, 261 s.

The paper presents the typical course of education, life journeys, and careers of professors of theology and law based on selected Viten (Vitae, biographies) from an early-modern collection of biographies by the Heidelbe...

One of the major traits of Baroque art in Bohemia and Moravia is its receptive character. In the cycles thematically taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses artists often accurately followed widespread and popular illustrations....

The article aims to present the contemporary reception of the ideas of the Czech translation scholar Jiři Levy in Spain and Latin America. His ideas, formulated in the 1950s, remain perfectly valid till the present day;...

Premysliden ruled over the Czech countries (Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia) more than three hundred years (ca. 930–1306). They cooperated with the ruling houses of the neighbouring states (Hungary, Poland, Saxony, Bavar...

Christian apologetics is traceable back to Peter’s call in 1Peter 3:15–16. To all faithful, he requested that they be prepared to respond in a Christian manner when another questioned or challenged the faith. This de...

The content of this article corresponds to its name. The “new” Civil Code was in the Czech Republic published in 2012 and the article brings a summary of the most significant changes the new legal regulation brought ...

Book Review on Wolfgang Schwentker: Geschichte Japans. München: C. H. Beck 2022, 1050 p., ISBN 978-3-406-75159-2

In 1996, a selection of privileges and charters issued for the town of Pelhřimov by Czech rulers and local nobility in the years 1289–1802 was published. The impetus for the publication was the 400th anniversary of Pe...