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Dietrichstein contra Žerotín. Osobní pře jako předzvěst obecného konfliktu.
| Title in English | Dietrichstein contra Žerotín. A Personal Feud Foreshadows a larger Conflict. |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia Comeniana et Historica. |
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| Citation | |
| Field | History |
| Keywords | History - Early New Age - Nobility - Conflict - Tolerance - Dietrichstein - Žerpotín |
| Description | An analysis of various available (although only partially preserved) texts demonstrates that the case unfolded on several levels, some of which could not be described as purely legal, and which were personifiedbyanumberofprominentactorsinamajorsocialconflictofthetime:political,religious, legal, and personal. It could have been the firstattempttoderailŽerotínasanEstatespolitician, who had already tried (with limited success) to give the confessional-political conflictaninternational dimension by a military alliance with Henry of Navarre. Another obvious intent was to eliminate Žerotin as a young, prospective member of a “brain trust” behind the Moravian law and the Moravian Estates, formed jointly with the recently deceased hetman of Moravia Fridrich of Žerotín Sr. and Smil Osovský of Doubravice. |
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