Veliké strašidlo, Herodes a mrcha ohyzdná.
The great ghost, Herodes and the hideous swine.

Master Jan Pašek z Vratu as an archetypal villain in the context of contemporary disputes between estates and confessional conflicts

Summary/Abstract: The paper works with sources that describe the rule of Master Jan Pašek z Vratu over the unified towns of Prague and come primarily from his sworn adversaries. The text analyses the “denunciation strategy” used by Pašek’s opponents and shows that a significant part of the assertions about Pašek is in fact an inversion of the generally recognised ideal of a virtuous Christian ruler.

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