The Irish Franciscans in Prague 1629-1786
The Irish Franciscans in Prague 1629-1786 At the end of the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I forced the Irish Franciscans into exile. This monograph documents this intense point of contact…
Specifikacia The Irish Franciscans in Prague 1629-1786
The Irish Franciscans in Prague 1629-1786
At the end of the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I forced the Irish Franciscans into exile. This monograph documents this intense point of contact between two small European lands, Ireland and Bohemia. Of the four continental provinces to which the Irish Franciscans fled, the Prague Franciscan College of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was the largest in its time.
Dealing with a hitherto largely neglected theme, Parez and Kucharová attempt to place the Franciscan College within Bohemian history and to document the activities of its members. The Irish exiles changed the course of Bohemian history in significant ways, both positive — the Irish students and teachers of medicine who contributed to Bohemia’s culture and sciences— and negative — the Irish officers who participated in the murder of Albrecht of Valdštejn and their successors who served in the Imperial forces. This wealth of historical material from the Czech archives, presented in English for the first time, will be of great aid for international researchers, particularly those interested in Bohemia or the Irish diaspora.
Dante and the Franciscans
The Prague Cemetery
The Prague Coup
The Prague Sonata
American Barber in Prague
The Prague Cemetery