This contribution looks at the fate of the small feudal estate of Mladějov over the period it was part of the Duchy of Friedland, created by the imperial generalissimo, Albrecht von Wallenstein. This fascinating constitutionally independent estate has not yet been satisfactorily looked into by…

The study focuses on Czechoslovak economic penetration into the Orient in the 1920s and 1930s presented as a special case of the Oriental Institute, namely the Economics Department of the Oriental Institute. The Economics Department of the Oriental Institute focused on the infrastructure that was…

The text uses the case of a former political prisoner to deal with the reflection of terror, persecution and despotism of state power and their consequences. It witnesses his suffering, which, although in a different form, continued even after he returned home. The main source of information is the…

The aim of this study is to contribute to the issue of recognising and awarding the efforts of people participating in the home anti-Habsburg resistance movement which lead to the formation of independent Czechoslovakia. It also aims to widen the knowledge of the state of society during the First…

The aim of this paper, which comes primarily from the material of the Archives of the National Museum, is to chart the development of management and internal organization of the National Museum between 1891 and 1914. After moving to the new building, whose construction and operations were funded…