Language:
English
Year of publication:
1996
Titel der Quelle:
Sixteenth Century Journal
Angaben zur Quelle:
27,4 (1996) 997-1013
Keywords:
Hájek, Václav
;
Dubravius, Jan,
;
Jews
;
Jews
;
Antisemitism
;
Jews Historiography
Abstract:
Compares the treatment of Jews in the writings of Václav Hájek, a Catholic priest who wrote the "Kronika česká" ("Czech Chronicle") in 1541, and Jan Dubravius, a Catholic bishop of Olomouc (Moravia), author of the "Historiae regni Boiemiae" (1552). Hájek's work is inciting in tone, mirroring the plebeian anti-Jewish hostility prevalent in the decade prior to the Jews' banishment from Bohemia, whereas Dubravius's work is relatively matter-of-fact, advocating moderation and mercy. Explains the difference as the result of several factors: Hájek wrote for a local audience whereas Dubravius addressed a general Western European public where the object of persecution had turned from the Jews to witches; Dubravius was from Moravia which had a tradition of toleration for minorities; the Jews of Bohemia were caught in the conflict between local nobles on the one side and the Pope and Emperor on the other, whereas Jews in Moravia were protected by local nobles. Notes that Hájek's writings about Jews had a long-standing influence on Czech historical writing into the 20th century.
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