Svědectví o ztrátě starého světa.
The Testimony on the Perdition of the Old World.

The Marital Correspondence between Zdenko Adalbert Popel of Lobkowicz and Polyxena Lobkowicz of Pernstein

Author(s): Pavel Marek
Subject(s): Cultural history, Diplomatic history, Political history, Gender history, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
Keywords: aristocracy; Spain; multilinguism; Bohemia; Lobkowicz; letters
Summary/Abstract: The comprehensive edition presents the legendary correspondence between Polyxena of Lobkowicz and her husband Zdenko Adalbert of Lobkowicz. The letters are written in Spanish, but the editor provides an abstract in Spanish, in German and in Czech for each of them. Each letter has been also translated into Czech. The edition includes an index of subjects in Spanish. The correspondence covers the years between 1618 and 1627. The letters document the events of the Bohemian rebellion from the point of view of the Catholic nobility. They discuss also intimate issues of the marital life and religious questions. Zdenko Adalbert of Lobkowicz was a deeply religious intellectual and Polyxena was a self-conscious aristocratic landlady.

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