Slovanská epopej

Four Periods of Slavonicity in Four Colours The last picture summarises the history of the Slavs and the whole Slavonic epic, divided into four colours. On the right ...

The Vatican of the Orthodox Mont Athos is the easternmost and largest of the three promontories of the Chalkidiki peninsula in the Aegean Sea, with Mount Athos 47 km long and ...

The Slavic Revival After the end of the Thirty Years' War, according to Alfons Mucha, the Czech nation faced a cruel time. Recatholization, centralization and Germanization culminated in the 18th century ...

The way of acting, straightforwardness and principle of Jiří of Poděbrady (1458-1471) - the king of both people, is depicted by Alfons Mucha in one of the episodes of his reign. Pope Pius ...

The Komenský family took its name from the village of Komni near Uherský Brod. Martin Komenský was working for his brother, a miller, when he ...

We praise you God One of the famous chapters of the history of the Hussite period was the Battle of Prague between the troops led by Jan Žižka of Trocnov and the ...

The Croatian Viceroy Nicholas of Zrin came from the old noble family of Šubič Bribirski. He became famous for his defense of his homeland against the Ottomans and in 1563 became commander of the ...

Do not reward evil for evil Petr Chelčický was one of the most important religious thinkers of the 15th century. He lived in the village of Chelčice near Vodnany and stood outside the main ...

Free labour - the curriculum of nations Backward Tsarist Russia began to approach the countries of Western Europe politically and economically only in the 19th century. The government was weakened by ...

The cradle of the Royal Bible The Unity of the Brethren was a religious community that was founded at the beginning of the second half of the 15th century out of resistance against the corruption and evils of the Roman and ...