The role of widows in the artisan-agrarian urban society in East-Central Europe was usually narrowed down to the position of provisional manager of the bequeathed property until a male heir reached adulthood. However, some individual stories show us that women often times were also...

This paper focuses on two leading figures of West Bohemian Catholicism - Bishop Josef Hlouch and Archbishop Josef Beran. The main part of the text is focused on their joint internment in the years 1952-1963 in the secret government buildings of Růžodol, Myštěves and Paběnice.

The aim of the study is to summarise several factors which greatly infl uenced the course of British-German relations on an alliance and at the same time explain the foundations for the actual emergence of these negotiations. Within the framework of the established goals, it&#...

The aim of this paper is to summarize the impact of Spanish influenza on the Czechoslovak Republic, examine the spread of Spanish influenza, and analyze its impact on the mortality of the population. The work is based on an analysis of mostly secondary historical sources ...

The study is based on published sources and its aim is an analysis of the propa-gational brochures from the provenance of Czech, Moravian, and Silesian Germans. Another aim is to show the brochures as one of the means of fighting for national self-determination in the tur...

The article depicts and analyses shipping in the Habsburg Monarchy. It is closely related to the overseas companies, one of which was Cunard Line. This shipping company was founded in the 19th century and as one of the fist with other shipping companies occupied an importa...

This study addresses the development of politics related to the functioning of trade unions in Great Britain in the 1990s. The author analyses the approaches taken by the governments of John Major and Tony Blair. With regard to Major's conservative administration, the study pri...

Introduction: The independent Czechoslovak state, established in 1918, had to cope with the multi-ethnic aspect of its many areas. Only 65% of the population belonged to the state that made up the Czechoslovak nation; the rest were national minorities, most of whom were Germans...

Compulsory vaccination provokes different reactions not only today, but also during the existence of the First Czechoslovak Re-public (1918–1938), both in terms of organisation and acceptance or rejection. The first major law was adopted as early as July 1919 (compulsory smallpox vaccination...

The care of deaf-mute children involves multi-layered care, namely health, social and school care. Only the collaboration of experts from all fields led to setting up to the right direction for comprehensive care – new institutes were created, the procedures of work in teaching,&#x...

At the establishment of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938), the fields of health care, social care, and education for physically disabled children were in their infancy. These fields had received only marginal attention in the previous Austria-Hungary. This paper aims to acquaint&#x...

The Self-Strengthening Movement that started in China at the beginning of the 1860s included, along with other steps and measures, new plans for importing modern weapons from the West. This reform process therefore provided a new opportunity for foreign arms producers, including the...

The study deals with the issue of emigration propaganda in the Habsburg Monarchy during 19th century until the outbreak of the First World War in the context of emigration issues. Specifically, it focuses on the analysis profit by selling one-way ticket to overseas, in fact&#x...

Austrian chancellor Metternich’s Europeanism is often disputed. It has been claimed that he strove only to strengthen Austrian power within the German Confederation and to establish Austrian hegemony in Central Europe, with European interests and the Concert of only secondary concern. The&#x...

In my contribution, I discuss the topic of work injuries and medical care in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions, which, like other internment facilities of the communist regime (such as prisons and prison camps, civilian forced labor camps, or internment monasteries), is a l...

The study focuses on the circumstances of the end of Moravian irredentist activities of late 1930s, grouped around a civic association called Národopisná Morava (Ethnographic Moravia). The leading figures of the initiative were prosecuted by Extraordinary People´s Court in Uherské Hradiště a...

This study uses both published and unpublished sources and academic literature to look at the phenomenon of so-called defence unions, which were set up beginning at the end of the 19th century and whose objective was to contribute towards the national struggle at the Czech-Ger...

The Shimonoseki Incident was a major diplomatic conflict between the Great Powers and Japan. It was initiated by the Chōshū Domain, which tried to block the Shimonoseki Straits for the foreign shipping after an Imperial edict to expel the “barbarians” was issued. Chōshū batteries&#...

The article seeks to summarise the beginnings of the healthcare system of the newly established Czechoslovak Republic, with a short historical digression to the pe-riod prior to 1918, not only in Cisleithania but also in Transleithania, the parts of Austria-Hungary. Primary attention is...