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Catholic burghers from Hussite towns (1419–1436)

Provider
GA ČR
Project code
GA21-02993S
Project type
Standardní projekty
Year of start
2021
Year of completion
2023
Researcher in MÚA
Ondřej Vodička
Beneficiary
Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR

The Catholic emigration from Hussite Bohemia and Moravia is a unique migratory phenomenon in late medieval Central Europe. At least one tenth of the Hussite towns’ population is believed to have left at the beginning of the turbulent period. As these were often wealthy German merchants, the events include also a strong social and national dimension. The project will examine diplomatic and narrative sources of domestic and foreign origin, which provide information on the burghers’ life strategies as well as their experience of going into exile. On this basis a monograph study is to be compiled outlining and analysing the phenomenon in question. The research will focus on the most frequent emigration locations, i.e. Catholic towns in Bohemia and Moravia (Plzeň, Jihlava, Olomouc and Brno), as well as prominent trading centres in nearby countries (Wroclaw, Vienna, Görlitz, Nuremberg and Dresden). This research will also carry on from research into émigrés among the clergy and describe communications and financial relations between these two groups of refugees.

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