The War of Princes in the Empire and the Bohemian Lands (1546-1555) - Economic and Political History of Central Europe in the Middle of 16th Century
Provider: Grantová agentura ČR
Programme: Standardní projekty (řešení od 1.1.2012)
Implementation period: 01.01.12 - 31.12.15
Workplace:
Fakulta filozofická - Ústav historických věd
Investigator: Vorel Petr
Description:
The theme of the project is the political crisis of the central Europe which resulted in several years of military conflict within the empire (1546-47) and ending with the so-called Peace of Augsburg (1555). The aim of the project is to o er a new historical interpretation of the signi cance of the Bohemian lands in this conflict, primarily with regard to the economic and military potential which they represented in the central Europe of the time. So far in European historiography this aspect has not been taken into account suciently because the Bohemian lands did not become an active participant of the military conflict. But at the end of the 1540s it was one of the main economic sources which king attempted to utilise as part of his broader power politics. At the time he managed to establish fundamental economic reforms in the Bohemian lands concerning the assertion of monarchical property rights and changes in the tax and currency system. He thus created economic sources both for the power consolidation of the state and for imperial policy in the last decade of his rule.
The theme of the project is the political crisis of the central Europe which resulted in several years of military conflict within the empire (1546-47) and ending with the so-called Peace of Augsburg (1555). The aim of the project is to o er a new historical interpretation of the signi cance of the Bohemian lands in this conflict, primarily with regard to the economic and military potential which they represented in the central Europe of the time. So far in European historiography this aspect has not been taken into account suciently because the Bohemian lands did not become an active participant of the military conflict. But at the end of the 1540s it was one of the main economic sources which king attempted to utilise as part of his broader power politics. At the time he managed to establish fundamental economic reforms in the Bohemian lands concerning the assertion of monarchical property rights and changes in the tax and currency system. He thus created economic sources both for the power consolidation of the state and for imperial policy in the last decade of his rule.
