dr Jan Zdichynec

Section 6.: Territoriality of power versus the mobility of people and ideas

My paper will analyse historiographical texts by humanist authors from Central Europe who deal with the Czech lands in the Middle Ages in different ways and from different perspectives. In particular, I will focus on their perceptions of the origins of the region, the characteristics of the various tribes that inhabited it, the course of Christianisation and the characteristics of individual rulers. Another important issue for me is whether the Bohemian lands were seen as part of Germania or Sarmatia. I will focus in particular on texts by Melchior Goldast, Pavel Stránský and Bohuslav Balbín from a broader perspective, as well as texts of Polish and Saxon provenance and local Upper Lusatian historiography.