Slovak scholars in Bohemia and Moravia and Czech scholars in Slovakia before and after the Battle of Biela Hora (1620)

Škovierová, Angela (author)

During several years of research, we registered arelatively large number of mostly Protestant scholars originating from the territory of today’s Slovakia or those who are considered significant in the context of Slovak cultural history, who in the period before the Battle of Biela Hora (1620) lived and worked in one of the Czech or Moravian cities. This was a very diverse group of humanists including clerg ymen, professors from Charles University, teachers, scribes, authors of extensive works in Latin or in the vernacular, patrons, or owners of interesting book collections. The article introduces this group of scholars in general, and examines more closely their confessional orientation, as well as what influenced it or subsequently prompted it to change. On the other hand, we also want to briefly note several Czech scholars who, as a result of the changed religious situation in Bohemia, came to Slovakia after the Battle of Biela Hora.

• Language: English
• Keywords: religion, Slovak scholars, Czech scholars, protestants, Battle of Biela Hora, history, literature
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.02.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 10 str.
• Numbering: Letn. 2, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-187200
• UDC: 274:9(437.3)
• ISSN on article: 2820-6088
• DOI: 10.4312/svetovi.2.1.45-54
• COBISS.SI-ID: 203951875
• Publication date in RUL: 09.09.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Svetovi
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2820-6088
• COBISS.SI-ID: 148550403

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Slovaški učenjaki v Bohemiji in Moravski ter češki učenjaki na Slovaškem pred bitko pri Bieli Hori (1620) in po njej

Abstract

Na podlagi večletnega raziskovanja smo uspeli sestaviti seznam relativno velikega števila večinoma protestantskih izobražencev, ki so prvotno prihajali z območja današnje Slovaške ali so pomembni v okviru slovaške kulturne zgodovine ter so v obdobju pred bitko na Beli gori (1620) živeli in delali v enem od čeških (bohemskih) ali moravskih mest. Gre za zelo raznoliko skupino humanistov, ki vključuje duhovnike, profesorje s Karlove univerze v Pragi, učitelje, pisarje, avtorje obsežnih del v latinščini ali ljudskem jeziku, mecene in lastnike zanimivih knjižnih zbirk. Članek predstavi to skupino izobražencev in natančneje opredeli njihovo versko pripadnost, kaj je vplivalo nanjo ali pa celo povzročilo, da so jo pozneje spremenili. Hkrati se članek na kratko dotakne tudi čeških izobražencev, ki so se po bitki na Beli gori zaradi spremenjenih versko-političnih okoliščin v Bohemiji preselili na območje današnje Slovaške.

• Keywords: religija, protestantizem, protestanti, zgodovina, književnost, izobraženci, Bitka Beli Gori, Slovaška, Češka