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Morava a Moravané ve strukturách moci Přemysla Otakara II.
| Title in English | Moravians and Moravia in the power structurs of Přemysl Ottokars II´s governance |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | For a comprehensive assessment of Přemysl's activities and his style of rule, Moravia is the ideal historical region, as it was here that the king ruled for the longest period of time, and it was also from Moravia that a number of his influential noble supporters were recruited, who accompanied him from the very beginning. It cannot be overlooked that at least the south of Moravia was a key transit area for Premysl in his travels between the absolutely dominant Prague, with the most significant share of issued documents and time spent, and Vienna, which occupied a similar position. In time, the importance of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and the Haber Trail also grew, which, thanks to the development of infrastructure and the rise of Havlíčkův Brod and Jihlava, displaced the Reed Trail as the main route between Prague and Vienna. Přemysl did not limit himself to the use of existing structures, but himself purposefully contributed to the development of the infrastructure, as probably evidenced by the modifications of Špilberk or the plans to raise Jaroměřice. A detailed examination of the individual regions and periods of Přemysl's reign has shown very well its changing dynamics, responding to the challenges of the moment (the crisis of government (probably not only) in Austria in the late 1360s, the associated limitation of the length of Přemysl's stays there, and the tendency to deal with Austrian or Styrian affairs from Znojmo, although the number of charters for Austrian or Styrian recipients is not decreasing!). We have also been able to show that Přemysl was quite intent on ruling from a distance - suggesting that at one time we would have come across more evidence of Moravians at his court in Bohemia or Austria than in Moravia itself. It seems that the most frequent presence of the king was that of his butlers. |
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