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Invitations (current) by Ota Pavlicek

Communities of Debate: Collective Intellectual Practice in Medieval Philosophical Thought, 2024

The upcoming colloquium delves into the collaborative nature of intellectual endeavors during the... more The upcoming colloquium delves into the collaborative nature of intellectual endeavors during the Middle Ages, challenging the common portrayal of scholars as solitary figures. Instead, it seeks to uncover the intricate layers of collective work that underpinned their individual contributions, particularly within university settings across Latin Europe. Topics of discussion will span various aspects, including the dynamics of debating communities, historical analyses of collective practices, and the sharing of texts and knowledge among scholars. Papers explore the diverse forms of collective engagement, from disputations and doctrinal analyses to the collaborative construction of arguments and theory-building. Additionally, the colloquium welcomed contributions examining the collective utilization of texts, translations, and commentaries within scholarly communities, shedding light on their roles in shaping medieval intellectual discourse.

Books & Edited collections of studies by Ota Pavlicek

Ota Pavlíček, ed., Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge, Turnhout: Brepols, 2021

From its foundation in 1348, the University of Prague attracted students as well asscholars from ... more From its foundation in 1348, the University of Prague attracted students as well asscholars from all over Europe to its Faculty of Arts, where they studied and taught the subjects of the curriculum in all their variety. Nevertheless, our knowledge about these Prague scholars and their thought is still rather limited. In an effort to fill this gap, this volume is the first devoted entirely to the production, reception, and transmission of knowledge in the Arts Faculty of the medieval University of Prague, covering topics in astronomy, linguistics, logic, metaphysics, meteorology, and optics. It also links Prague's Faculty of Arts to several others at universities across Europe and it examines the study of the arts in Bohemia outside the university, including the Jewish milieu. The book contributes to advancing the status quaestionis in various ways, mainly through the analysis of less well-known and even unpublished texts, critical editions of some of which are printed here for the first time.

František Šmahel, Ota Pavlíček, eds., A Companion to Jan Hus, Leiden-Boston: Brill 2015. 447 pp

A Companion to Jan Hus includes eleven substantial essays covering the central aspects of the lif... more A Companion to Jan Hus includes eleven substantial essays covering the central aspects of the life, thought and commemoration of Jan Hus († 1415), Czech theologian, reformer and martyr. Besides older experienced specialists in the Hussite studies, also younger researchers who enter the scientific discourse with new approaches participated in the volume.

Experts and students alike will profit from this guide to Jan Hus, who was well known as follower of John Wyclif and forerunner of Martin Luther. Burning of Jan Hus at the stake at the Council of Constance gave rise in Bohemia to religious and social revolt that ushered the European reformations of the 16th century.

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Ota Pavlíček, ed., Jeroným Pražský. Středověký intelektuál, mučedník české reformace a hrdina národní tradice [Jerome of Prague: Medieval Intellectual, Martyr of Bohemian Reformation and Hero of National Tradition], Praha: FILOSOFIA 2018 (= Europaeana Pragensia 10), 218 pp.

Jerome of Prague (+1416) was one of the most prominent figures of the beginning of the Hussite mo... more Jerome of Prague (+1416) was one of the most prominent figures of the beginning of the Hussite movement. As a master of liberal arts, a scholar, a brilliant speaker and also a diplomat, he has influenced the Prague University and Czech countries and, as a result, neighboring regions and centers of education. Being condemned at the Council of Constance as a heretic, he was burned at the stake. In consequence, Jerome together with his friend and colleague Jan Hus became martyrs of the Bohemian and European ecclesial reformation, and later in the 19th-century heroes of the national tradition. The studies published in this multiauthored collection of essays deal with Jerome's thought and his place in various thought traditions and map his second life by exploring the way he was portrayed and how he was commemorated. They also deal with Jerome's role in the national movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. The book also reflects on Jerome 's place in the scientific work of leading Czech historians or offers a treatise on his journeys and activities in the Grand Duchy of Lithuanian, where he could come closer to Orthodoxy.

[Jeroným Pražský (+1416) patřil k nejvýraznějším postavám počátků husitského hnutí. Jako mistr svobodných umění, myslitel, brilantni řečník a také diplomat svým počínáním ovlivnil pražské univerzity i českých zemí a v důsledku i sousedících regionů a center vzdělanosti. Po odsouzení kostnickým koncilem a smrti upálením se tento český myslitel stal podobně jako jeho přítel Jan Hus mučedníkem české i evropské církevní reformace, a nejpozději v 19. století i hrdinou národní tradice. Studie předložené v této kolektivní monografii se zabývají Jeronýmovým myšlením a jeho místem v různých myšlenkových tradicích, zároveň mapují jeho druhý život prostřednictvím zkoumání způsobu, jakým byl vyobrazován a jak mu byla projevována úcta. Věnují se také Jeronýmově roli v dobách národního vzepětí v 19. a 20. století. Kniha přináší i zamyšlení nad místem Jeronýma Pražského ve vědeckém díle předních českých historiků, nebo pojednání o jeho cestách a činnosti v Litevském velkoknížectví, kde se mohl sblížit s pravoslavím.]

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Ota Pavlíček, ed., Příspěvky k filosoficko‑teologickému myšlení Jana Husa a jeho učitelů [Contributions to the Philosophico-Theological Thought of Jan Hus and his Teachers]. Filosofický časopis [Journal of Philosophy] 63 (2015), No. 6. 102 pp.

The edited block of papers deals with the philosophico-theological thought of Jan Hus and his tea... more The edited block of papers deals with the philosophico-theological thought of Jan Hus and his teachers. Following an introduction devoted to several anniversaries connected with the study of the Czech medieval philosophy, the block contains Martin Nodl's and František Šmahel's interview on the importance of Jan Hus and studies prepared by Vilém Herold, Stanislav Sousedík, Ota Pavlíček, and Zénon Kaluza. Besides the though of Jan Hus, these contributions deal with the thought of John Wyclif and Stanislav of Znojmo.

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Petr Hlaváček, Jaroslava Hausenblasová, Zdeněk Mužík, Ota Pavlíček, Kacířská univerzita: Osobnosti pražské utrakvistické univerzity 1417-1622 [Heretical University: Personalities of the Prague Utraquist University in 1417-1622], Praha: Togga 2013, 165 pp.

Awareness of the tradition of the Prague Utraquist University and of its pedagogical, scientific,... more Awareness of the tradition of the Prague Utraquist University and of its pedagogical, scientific, cultural and political activities from the 15th to the 17th centuries is small in the wider public, and we can still encounter a certain distance in the academic community towards the "Hussite" movement, i.e. the Bohemian Reformation, as if it were something barbaric, without linking to European and Western culture. In the short biographies of several selected personalities, connected with their life and work with the Prague (Charles) University in the late Middle Ages and Early Modernity, we are trying to show that even then Prague was one of the centers of the European intellectual leaven.

[Povědomí o tradici pražské utrakvistické univerzity a jejím pedagogickém, vědeckém a obecně kulturním a politickém působení od 15. do 17. století je v širší veřejnosti nevelké a rovněž v akademické obci se ještě dnes můžeme setkat s jistou distancí vůči "husitství", tj. české reformaci, jako by šlo o něco barbarského, bez vazby na evropskou a západní kulturu. Na krátkých životopisech několika vybraných osobností, spojených svým životem a dílem s pražskou Univerzitou Karlovou pozdního středověku a raného novověku, se pokoušíme ukázat, že i tehdy byla Praha jedním z center evropského intelektuálního kvasu.]

This dissertation is the first thorough analysis of the philosophical and theological thought of ... more This dissertation is the first thorough analysis of the philosophical and theological thought of Jerome of Prague († 1416), based on all the known extant texts of the significant Czech philosopher, master of arts of the universities of Paris, Cologne, Heidelberg and Prague and a friend and colleague of the church reformer Jan Hus. The work deals with individual philosophical and theological topics present in Jerome’s opus, explains his ideas and places them into the context of the history of medieval thought. In this frame, the work newly illustrates hitherto only partially known doctrines of this representative of the reformist current at the Prague University at the turn of the fifteenth century and provides insight into Jerome’s thought, also on the basis of a series of new findings concerning Jerome’s ideas and his ancient and medieval sources. Apart from Jerome’s thought, the work pays attention to and clarifies more profoundly some of the related topics, for example the question of representation of the Trinity by the Shield of faith. This dissertation also opens certain new questions, for example the topic of the influence of the Oxford philosophical successors of John Wyclif (such as Robert Alyngton) on the doctrines of the masters at the Prague University. An additional contribution of this thesis to a better knowledge of the Czech and European cultural heritage is the editio princeps of a quaestio of Štěpán of Páleč, Utrum omne dependens habeat esse aeternum in prima causa, accompanied by a doctrinal interpretation.

Studies and Articles by Ota Pavlicek

Ota Pavlíček, Stephen of Páleč’s Works on Universals, with a Critical Edition of His Question Utrum universale sit aliquid extra animam preter operacionem intellectus, AHDLMA 88 (2021, published 2022), 287-336, 2022

Stephen of Páleč († c. 1422) was one of the first to advocate Wyclif’s realism in the Prague Arts... more Stephen of Páleč († c. 1422) was one of the first to advocate Wyclif’s realism in the Prague Arts Faculty. This paper provides an overview of his works on universals, dating their origin to 1394/1396. In some cases, his purpose was probably to defend the realism of universals in general, not just that of Wyclif. The editio princeps of one of Stephen’s questiones on universals is printed in an appendix. An analysis of this questio uncovers intriguing data on textual transmission, including the possible influence of an anonymous realist’s position attacked by Buridan in Paris in the 1330s.

Ota Pavlíček, Notes on the Prague Faculty of Arts in 1348-1419, in Ota Pavlíček, ed., Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge, Turnhout: Brepols 2021 (=Studia Artistarum 48), 13–26.

This introduction to the volume on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Recept... more This introduction to the volume on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge summarises the Prague Faculty of Arts' development and recession in 1348–1419. It brings some new insights into the Prague quodlibetal tradition and the academic life at the University of Prague, including the intellectual life and work of two deans of the Faculty of Arts who participated in the preparation of the new statutes of the Faculty at the end of the 14th century.

Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge, 2021

This study focuses on the genre of sophisms with particular attention to their importance at the ... more This study focuses on the genre of sophisms with particular attention to their importance at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prague and in the debate between Jerome of Prague and Blasius Lupus in 1409. While the first part deals with the context of the debate between the two scholars, the second suggests a new interpretation of the arrangement of the disputation and of the relevant texts. The third part offers a novel doctrinal interpretation of the three sophistical arguments included in the debate, basing on a new reading of the text extant in MS Praha, Knihovna Metropolitní Kapituly, N 12. The primary context of the solution to sophisms is the solution of an ontological question (“Utrum universalia sint ponenda”), rather than a purely logical analysis. The conclusion of those sophistical arguments is the non existence of universals and ideas, not acceptable from Jerome’s point of view. This part of the study reconstructs the basic logical and ontological principles of Jerome’s solution to Blasius’s sophisms. A new critical edition of the relevant segment of the debate is appended to the study.

Ota Pavlíček, Parisian and Prague Quodlibeta Compared: The Transfer of the Quodlibetal Disputation between the Faculties and Jerome of Prague’s Struggle against the Thematic Limitations Imposed on the Faculty of Arts, in What is New in the New Universities?, E. Jung (ed.), Warszawa 2018, 325-356.

The first part of this chapter shows that although certain aspects of the course of the disputati... more The first part of this chapter shows that although certain aspects of the course of the disputations de quolibet were similar in Paris and in Prague, there were substantial differences between the two university events, including the place of their performance and the structure of their proceedings. Both variants, however, were de quolibet, as the variety of their subject matter attests. The second part discusses also in connection with the quodlibets in Prague the thematic limitations imposed on the faculty of arts at both the universities. Based on university statutes and texts of masters including Pierre d’Ailly, Jean Buridan, Jean Gerson and Jerome of Prague, it shows that at least during the career of Jerome, in Prague there was probably a more liberal setting for philosophers than in Paris and several universities in the central European region.

Ota Pavlíček, Jan Hus as a Philosopher: The Topic of Universals in Two Theological Contexts of His Sentences Commentary (Super IV Sententiarum I, dist. 19 and 33), Przegląd Tomistyczny 24 (2018), 547-567.

After a brief summary of the literature on the topic of universals in Hus’s writings, the present... more After a brief summary of the literature on the topic of universals in Hus’s writings, the present study continues with a summation of our knowledge of Hus’s commentaries on Aristotle, and a presentation of those of Hus’s other treatises which are the most relevant to the topic of universals. Although the topic of universals is fundamentally philosophical, a significant source for our understanding of Hus’s position is his theological works, particularly his Sentences commentary. Based on an analysis of Hus’s Super IV Sententiarum I, distinctions 19 and 33, the study shows (in the theological contexts of the divine properties and a comparison between God and a universal) that Hus was persuaded about the reality of universals understood as formal components of the essence of individual substances, which are different from these substances by means of a formal distinction. Besides providing further details on Hus’s philosophical realism, the study demonstrates that similarly to his position concerning the divine properties, which is based on Thomas Aquinas, Hus understood his realist position as the opinio media. Hus also agreed that there are many similarities between God and a universal, although, as Hus puts it, it would be devious and false if someone would want to see this likeness in all the aspects.

Ota Pavlíček, Wyclif’s Early Reception in Bohemia and His Influence on the Thought of Jerome of Prague, in Europe after Wyclif, eds. P. J. Hornbeck – M. Van Dussen, New York: Fordham University Press 2017, pp. 89-114 (Fordham series in medieval studies).

The article deals with the relationship between Jerome of Prague, a philosopher and a colleague o... more The article deals with the relationship between Jerome of Prague, a philosopher and a colleague of the church reformer Jan Hus, and the thought of John Wyclif. The first section of the essay presents the initial reception of Wyclif’s thought in Bohemia and its relation to the group of younger Czech masters at the Prague faculty of arts that included Hus and Jerome. The second section discusses contemporary sources related to Jerome’s attitude towards Wyclif, and demonstrates that according to Jerome’s own assertions, his reception of Wyclif’s thought was limited. The last section shows, on the basis of an analysis of Jerome’s texts, which of Wyclif's treatises influenced Jerome's texts. It also shows that although Wyclif’s doctrines significantly influenced the Prague philosopher, Jerome’s reception of these doctrines was far from absolute. There were other significant influences and sources Jerome did not find in Wyclif: for example Plato’s Timaeus and Calcidius’s commentary on it.

Ota Pavlíček, Stephen of Páleč’s Quaestio de esse aeterno. A study and critical edition, Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du Moyen Âge 84 (2017), pp. 349-378., 2017

This contribution is the editio princeps of Stephen of Páleč’s Quaestio de esse aeterno accompani... more This contribution is the editio princeps of Stephen of Páleč’s Quaestio de esse aeterno accompanied by an introductory study. The first part of the study introduces Páleč’s life and work, in particular dealing with his relation to masters at the Prague University who accepted parts of John Wyclif’s thought. Based on an analysis of the manuscripts, the second part dates the quaestio to ca. 1407-1411. The final part of the introduction outlines the sources and the doctrine of the quaestio, which is based on Páleč’s understanding of the First Cause and its relation to the universe and is influenced by Stanislav of Znojmo and St. Augustine.

Ota Pavlíček, The Chronology of the Life and Work of Jan Hus, in A Companion to Jan Hus, eds. F. Šmahel - O. Pavlíček, Leiden - Boston: Brill 2015, pp. 9-68.

The study deals with the life and work of Jan Hus, the leader of the Bohemian Reformation in the ... more The study deals with the life and work of Jan Hus, the leader of the Bohemian Reformation in the late middle ages, who was burned at the stake at the Council of Constance in 1415. The aim of the study is not only to contribute to our knowledge about Hus's life and work on the basis of an extensive research, but also to provide international researchers interested in the topic, who do not have sufficient command of the Czech language, with information on research outcomes available only in Czech.

The study shows that Jerome of Prague considered Scripture as the highest authority. Besides othe... more The study shows that Jerome of Prague considered Scripture as the highest authority. Besides other, it reveals that the absolute majority of Jerome's frequent scriptural citations in support of his philosophical and theological views is not taken directly from the Bible. Jerome derived many of these citations from Wyclif's treatises De ideis, De universalibus, De dominio Divino, and Trialogus; Augustine's treatise De doctrina christiana; and also Chalcidius's commentary on Plato's Timaeus.

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Ota Pavlíček, Příspěvek k 600 letům od smrti Jeronýma Pražského [A Contribution to the 600 Years from the Time of the Death of Jerome of Prague], in Jeroným Pražský: středověký intelektuál, mučedník české reformace a hrdina národní tradice, ed. O. Pavlíček, Praha 2018, pp. 7-10.

The text summarises the events connected with the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the d... more The text summarises the events connected with the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the death of Jerome of Prague.

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Ota Pavlíček, Projít ohněm: Drama Edzarda Schapera v souvislostech: Předmluva k českému vydání, in Projít ohněm: Život a smrt Jana Husa: Divadelní hra a scénické čtení podle rozhlasového dramatu Edzarda Schapera, ed. Hallensleben, B., Helbing, S., přel. Goriaux-Pelechová, J., Praha 2016 , pp. 11-23.

The study introduces the reader into the legal proceedings against Jan Hus and into the historica... more The study introduces the reader into the legal proceedings against Jan Hus and into the historical context of Hus's stay at the Council of Constance. [Studie uvádí čtenáře do soudního procesu s Janem Husem a do historického kontextu Husova pobytu u kostnického koncilu.]

Ota Pavlíček, Jan Hus, in Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy, ed. M. Sgarbi, Springer: Cham, 2017

Although Jan Hus gained his reputation mainly as a Bohemian theologian and preacher who advocated... more Although Jan Hus gained his reputation mainly as a Bohemian theologian and preacher who advocated for the reform of the late-medieval church, he was also master and teacher at the Prague faculty of liberal arts. However, since his commentaries on Aristotle are not extant, we may understand his philosophical thought mainly through treatises from the field of philosophical theology, for example, from the first two books of his Sentences commentary. We may say on this basis that Hus’s philosophical thought was significantly influenced by John Wyclif’s realist philosophy and, at the same time, by the Augustinian and Platonic branch of Christian thought.

Ota Pavlíček, Jerome of Prague, in Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, ed. H. Lagerlund, Springer: Dodrecht 2019, p. 1-9., 2019

Jerome of Prague (ca. 1378–30 May 1416) was a Czech philosopher at the forefront of a group of Bo... more Jerome of Prague (ca. 1378–30 May 1416) was a Czech philosopher at the forefront of a group of Bohemian masters in the University of Prague who favourably received parts of the realist thought of the Oxford philosopher and theologian John Wyclif. After bachelor degree studies in Prague, Jerome received his master’s degree in Paris in 1405. In 1406 he was accepted as a master at the universities of Cologne and Heidelberg: his stays at these universities were short-lived, however, because he was regarded as excessively opinionated. From 1407, Jerome was among the Bohemian masters at the University of Prague, where he was involved in issuing the Decree of Kutná Hora, which favoured the Bohemian nation above the three German nations. This action led to the departure of the German students and masters from Prague and the strengthening of other Central European universities. Jerome aroused indignation because of his adoption of realist opinions based on Wyclif’s thought and his defence of Wyclif. As a consequence, he was put on trial for heresy in Vienna, from which he fled: he was excommunicated in his absence in 1411. In the last years of his life, Jerome travelled to Poland and Lithuania as a diplomatic representative of Bohemian nobles. In 1414, he decided to defend Jan Hus at the Council of Constance; however, he was taken into custody, tried, and sentenced to death as a heretic. Jerome was burned at the stake on 30 May 1416 and was considered a martyr of the reformation of the church. His realist thought is notable for his philosophical interpretation of certain theological topics and for his promotion of these topics in the faculty of arts. His main inspirations were Augustine, John Wyclif, Plato’s Timaeus, and Calcidius’ commentary on the Timaeus.

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Communities of Debate: Collective Intellectual Practice in Medieval Philosophical Thought, 2024

The upcoming colloquium delves into the collaborative nature of intellectual endeavors during the... more The upcoming colloquium delves into the collaborative nature of intellectual endeavors during the Middle Ages, challenging the common portrayal of scholars as solitary figures. Instead, it seeks to uncover the intricate layers of collective work that underpinned their individual contributions, particularly within university settings across Latin Europe. Topics of discussion will span various aspects, including the dynamics of debating communities, historical analyses of collective practices, and the sharing of texts and knowledge among scholars. Papers explore the diverse forms of collective engagement, from disputations and doctrinal analyses to the collaborative construction of arguments and theory-building. Additionally, the colloquium welcomed contributions examining the collective utilization of texts, translations, and commentaries within scholarly communities, shedding light on their roles in shaping medieval intellectual discourse.

Ota Pavlíček, ed., Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge, Turnhout: Brepols, 2021

From its foundation in 1348, the University of Prague attracted students as well asscholars from ... more From its foundation in 1348, the University of Prague attracted students as well asscholars from all over Europe to its Faculty of Arts, where they studied and taught the subjects of the curriculum in all their variety. Nevertheless, our knowledge about these Prague scholars and their thought is still rather limited. In an effort to fill this gap, this volume is the first devoted entirely to the production, reception, and transmission of knowledge in the Arts Faculty of the medieval University of Prague, covering topics in astronomy, linguistics, logic, metaphysics, meteorology, and optics. It also links Prague's Faculty of Arts to several others at universities across Europe and it examines the study of the arts in Bohemia outside the university, including the Jewish milieu. The book contributes to advancing the status quaestionis in various ways, mainly through the analysis of less well-known and even unpublished texts, critical editions of some of which are printed here for the first time.

František Šmahel, Ota Pavlíček, eds., A Companion to Jan Hus, Leiden-Boston: Brill 2015. 447 pp

A Companion to Jan Hus includes eleven substantial essays covering the central aspects of the lif... more A Companion to Jan Hus includes eleven substantial essays covering the central aspects of the life, thought and commemoration of Jan Hus († 1415), Czech theologian, reformer and martyr. Besides older experienced specialists in the Hussite studies, also younger researchers who enter the scientific discourse with new approaches participated in the volume.

Experts and students alike will profit from this guide to Jan Hus, who was well known as follower of John Wyclif and forerunner of Martin Luther. Burning of Jan Hus at the stake at the Council of Constance gave rise in Bohemia to religious and social revolt that ushered the European reformations of the 16th century.

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Ota Pavlíček, ed., Jeroným Pražský. Středověký intelektuál, mučedník české reformace a hrdina národní tradice [Jerome of Prague: Medieval Intellectual, Martyr of Bohemian Reformation and Hero of National Tradition], Praha: FILOSOFIA 2018 (= Europaeana Pragensia 10), 218 pp.

Jerome of Prague (+1416) was one of the most prominent figures of the beginning of the Hussite mo... more Jerome of Prague (+1416) was one of the most prominent figures of the beginning of the Hussite movement. As a master of liberal arts, a scholar, a brilliant speaker and also a diplomat, he has influenced the Prague University and Czech countries and, as a result, neighboring regions and centers of education. Being condemned at the Council of Constance as a heretic, he was burned at the stake. In consequence, Jerome together with his friend and colleague Jan Hus became martyrs of the Bohemian and European ecclesial reformation, and later in the 19th-century heroes of the national tradition. The studies published in this multiauthored collection of essays deal with Jerome's thought and his place in various thought traditions and map his second life by exploring the way he was portrayed and how he was commemorated. They also deal with Jerome's role in the national movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. The book also reflects on Jerome 's place in the scientific work of leading Czech historians or offers a treatise on his journeys and activities in the Grand Duchy of Lithuanian, where he could come closer to Orthodoxy.

[Jeroným Pražský (+1416) patřil k nejvýraznějším postavám počátků husitského hnutí. Jako mistr svobodných umění, myslitel, brilantni řečník a také diplomat svým počínáním ovlivnil pražské univerzity i českých zemí a v důsledku i sousedících regionů a center vzdělanosti. Po odsouzení kostnickým koncilem a smrti upálením se tento český myslitel stal podobně jako jeho přítel Jan Hus mučedníkem české i evropské církevní reformace, a nejpozději v 19. století i hrdinou národní tradice. Studie předložené v této kolektivní monografii se zabývají Jeronýmovým myšlením a jeho místem v různých myšlenkových tradicích, zároveň mapují jeho druhý život prostřednictvím zkoumání způsobu, jakým byl vyobrazován a jak mu byla projevována úcta. Věnují se také Jeronýmově roli v dobách národního vzepětí v 19. a 20. století. Kniha přináší i zamyšlení nad místem Jeronýma Pražského ve vědeckém díle předních českých historiků, nebo pojednání o jeho cestách a činnosti v Litevském velkoknížectví, kde se mohl sblížit s pravoslavím.]

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Ota Pavlíček, ed., Příspěvky k filosoficko‑teologickému myšlení Jana Husa a jeho učitelů [Contributions to the Philosophico-Theological Thought of Jan Hus and his Teachers]. Filosofický časopis [Journal of Philosophy] 63 (2015), No. 6. 102 pp.

The edited block of papers deals with the philosophico-theological thought of Jan Hus and his tea... more The edited block of papers deals with the philosophico-theological thought of Jan Hus and his teachers. Following an introduction devoted to several anniversaries connected with the study of the Czech medieval philosophy, the block contains Martin Nodl's and František Šmahel's interview on the importance of Jan Hus and studies prepared by Vilém Herold, Stanislav Sousedík, Ota Pavlíček, and Zénon Kaluza. Besides the though of Jan Hus, these contributions deal with the thought of John Wyclif and Stanislav of Znojmo.

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Petr Hlaváček, Jaroslava Hausenblasová, Zdeněk Mužík, Ota Pavlíček, Kacířská univerzita: Osobnosti pražské utrakvistické univerzity 1417-1622 [Heretical University: Personalities of the Prague Utraquist University in 1417-1622], Praha: Togga 2013, 165 pp.

Awareness of the tradition of the Prague Utraquist University and of its pedagogical, scientific,... more Awareness of the tradition of the Prague Utraquist University and of its pedagogical, scientific, cultural and political activities from the 15th to the 17th centuries is small in the wider public, and we can still encounter a certain distance in the academic community towards the "Hussite" movement, i.e. the Bohemian Reformation, as if it were something barbaric, without linking to European and Western culture. In the short biographies of several selected personalities, connected with their life and work with the Prague (Charles) University in the late Middle Ages and Early Modernity, we are trying to show that even then Prague was one of the centers of the European intellectual leaven.

[Povědomí o tradici pražské utrakvistické univerzity a jejím pedagogickém, vědeckém a obecně kulturním a politickém působení od 15. do 17. století je v širší veřejnosti nevelké a rovněž v akademické obci se ještě dnes můžeme setkat s jistou distancí vůči "husitství", tj. české reformaci, jako by šlo o něco barbarského, bez vazby na evropskou a západní kulturu. Na krátkých životopisech několika vybraných osobností, spojených svým životem a dílem s pražskou Univerzitou Karlovou pozdního středověku a raného novověku, se pokoušíme ukázat, že i tehdy byla Praha jedním z center evropského intelektuálního kvasu.]

This dissertation is the first thorough analysis of the philosophical and theological thought of ... more This dissertation is the first thorough analysis of the philosophical and theological thought of Jerome of Prague († 1416), based on all the known extant texts of the significant Czech philosopher, master of arts of the universities of Paris, Cologne, Heidelberg and Prague and a friend and colleague of the church reformer Jan Hus. The work deals with individual philosophical and theological topics present in Jerome’s opus, explains his ideas and places them into the context of the history of medieval thought. In this frame, the work newly illustrates hitherto only partially known doctrines of this representative of the reformist current at the Prague University at the turn of the fifteenth century and provides insight into Jerome’s thought, also on the basis of a series of new findings concerning Jerome’s ideas and his ancient and medieval sources. Apart from Jerome’s thought, the work pays attention to and clarifies more profoundly some of the related topics, for example the question of representation of the Trinity by the Shield of faith. This dissertation also opens certain new questions, for example the topic of the influence of the Oxford philosophical successors of John Wyclif (such as Robert Alyngton) on the doctrines of the masters at the Prague University. An additional contribution of this thesis to a better knowledge of the Czech and European cultural heritage is the editio princeps of a quaestio of Štěpán of Páleč, Utrum omne dependens habeat esse aeternum in prima causa, accompanied by a doctrinal interpretation.

Ota Pavlíček, Stephen of Páleč’s Works on Universals, with a Critical Edition of His Question Utrum universale sit aliquid extra animam preter operacionem intellectus, AHDLMA 88 (2021, published 2022), 287-336, 2022

Stephen of Páleč († c. 1422) was one of the first to advocate Wyclif’s realism in the Prague Arts... more Stephen of Páleč († c. 1422) was one of the first to advocate Wyclif’s realism in the Prague Arts Faculty. This paper provides an overview of his works on universals, dating their origin to 1394/1396. In some cases, his purpose was probably to defend the realism of universals in general, not just that of Wyclif. The editio princeps of one of Stephen’s questiones on universals is printed in an appendix. An analysis of this questio uncovers intriguing data on textual transmission, including the possible influence of an anonymous realist’s position attacked by Buridan in Paris in the 1330s.

Ota Pavlíček, Notes on the Prague Faculty of Arts in 1348-1419, in Ota Pavlíček, ed., Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge, Turnhout: Brepols 2021 (=Studia Artistarum 48), 13–26.

This introduction to the volume on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Recept... more This introduction to the volume on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge summarises the Prague Faculty of Arts' development and recession in 1348–1419. It brings some new insights into the Prague quodlibetal tradition and the academic life at the University of Prague, including the intellectual life and work of two deans of the Faculty of Arts who participated in the preparation of the new statutes of the Faculty at the end of the 14th century.

Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge, 2021

This study focuses on the genre of sophisms with particular attention to their importance at the ... more This study focuses on the genre of sophisms with particular attention to their importance at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prague and in the debate between Jerome of Prague and Blasius Lupus in 1409. While the first part deals with the context of the debate between the two scholars, the second suggests a new interpretation of the arrangement of the disputation and of the relevant texts. The third part offers a novel doctrinal interpretation of the three sophistical arguments included in the debate, basing on a new reading of the text extant in MS Praha, Knihovna Metropolitní Kapituly, N 12. The primary context of the solution to sophisms is the solution of an ontological question (“Utrum universalia sint ponenda”), rather than a purely logical analysis. The conclusion of those sophistical arguments is the non existence of universals and ideas, not acceptable from Jerome’s point of view. This part of the study reconstructs the basic logical and ontological principles of Jerome’s solution to Blasius’s sophisms. A new critical edition of the relevant segment of the debate is appended to the study.

Ota Pavlíček, Parisian and Prague Quodlibeta Compared: The Transfer of the Quodlibetal Disputation between the Faculties and Jerome of Prague’s Struggle against the Thematic Limitations Imposed on the Faculty of Arts, in What is New in the New Universities?, E. Jung (ed.), Warszawa 2018, 325-356.

The first part of this chapter shows that although certain aspects of the course of the disputati... more The first part of this chapter shows that although certain aspects of the course of the disputations de quolibet were similar in Paris and in Prague, there were substantial differences between the two university events, including the place of their performance and the structure of their proceedings. Both variants, however, were de quolibet, as the variety of their subject matter attests. The second part discusses also in connection with the quodlibets in Prague the thematic limitations imposed on the faculty of arts at both the universities. Based on university statutes and texts of masters including Pierre d’Ailly, Jean Buridan, Jean Gerson and Jerome of Prague, it shows that at least during the career of Jerome, in Prague there was probably a more liberal setting for philosophers than in Paris and several universities in the central European region.

Ota Pavlíček, Jan Hus as a Philosopher: The Topic of Universals in Two Theological Contexts of His Sentences Commentary (Super IV Sententiarum I, dist. 19 and 33), Przegląd Tomistyczny 24 (2018), 547-567.

After a brief summary of the literature on the topic of universals in Hus’s writings, the present... more After a brief summary of the literature on the topic of universals in Hus’s writings, the present study continues with a summation of our knowledge of Hus’s commentaries on Aristotle, and a presentation of those of Hus’s other treatises which are the most relevant to the topic of universals. Although the topic of universals is fundamentally philosophical, a significant source for our understanding of Hus’s position is his theological works, particularly his Sentences commentary. Based on an analysis of Hus’s Super IV Sententiarum I, distinctions 19 and 33, the study shows (in the theological contexts of the divine properties and a comparison between God and a universal) that Hus was persuaded about the reality of universals understood as formal components of the essence of individual substances, which are different from these substances by means of a formal distinction. Besides providing further details on Hus’s philosophical realism, the study demonstrates that similarly to his position concerning the divine properties, which is based on Thomas Aquinas, Hus understood his realist position as the opinio media. Hus also agreed that there are many similarities between God and a universal, although, as Hus puts it, it would be devious and false if someone would want to see this likeness in all the aspects.

Ota Pavlíček, Wyclif’s Early Reception in Bohemia and His Influence on the Thought of Jerome of Prague, in Europe after Wyclif, eds. P. J. Hornbeck – M. Van Dussen, New York: Fordham University Press 2017, pp. 89-114 (Fordham series in medieval studies).

The article deals with the relationship between Jerome of Prague, a philosopher and a colleague o... more The article deals with the relationship between Jerome of Prague, a philosopher and a colleague of the church reformer Jan Hus, and the thought of John Wyclif. The first section of the essay presents the initial reception of Wyclif’s thought in Bohemia and its relation to the group of younger Czech masters at the Prague faculty of arts that included Hus and Jerome. The second section discusses contemporary sources related to Jerome’s attitude towards Wyclif, and demonstrates that according to Jerome’s own assertions, his reception of Wyclif’s thought was limited. The last section shows, on the basis of an analysis of Jerome’s texts, which of Wyclif's treatises influenced Jerome's texts. It also shows that although Wyclif’s doctrines significantly influenced the Prague philosopher, Jerome’s reception of these doctrines was far from absolute. There were other significant influences and sources Jerome did not find in Wyclif: for example Plato’s Timaeus and Calcidius’s commentary on it.

Ota Pavlíček, Stephen of Páleč’s Quaestio de esse aeterno. A study and critical edition, Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du Moyen Âge 84 (2017), pp. 349-378., 2017

This contribution is the editio princeps of Stephen of Páleč’s Quaestio de esse aeterno accompani... more This contribution is the editio princeps of Stephen of Páleč’s Quaestio de esse aeterno accompanied by an introductory study. The first part of the study introduces Páleč’s life and work, in particular dealing with his relation to masters at the Prague University who accepted parts of John Wyclif’s thought. Based on an analysis of the manuscripts, the second part dates the quaestio to ca. 1407-1411. The final part of the introduction outlines the sources and the doctrine of the quaestio, which is based on Páleč’s understanding of the First Cause and its relation to the universe and is influenced by Stanislav of Znojmo and St. Augustine.

Ota Pavlíček, The Chronology of the Life and Work of Jan Hus, in A Companion to Jan Hus, eds. F. Šmahel - O. Pavlíček, Leiden - Boston: Brill 2015, pp. 9-68.

The study deals with the life and work of Jan Hus, the leader of the Bohemian Reformation in the ... more The study deals with the life and work of Jan Hus, the leader of the Bohemian Reformation in the late middle ages, who was burned at the stake at the Council of Constance in 1415. The aim of the study is not only to contribute to our knowledge about Hus's life and work on the basis of an extensive research, but also to provide international researchers interested in the topic, who do not have sufficient command of the Czech language, with information on research outcomes available only in Czech.

The study shows that Jerome of Prague considered Scripture as the highest authority. Besides othe... more The study shows that Jerome of Prague considered Scripture as the highest authority. Besides other, it reveals that the absolute majority of Jerome's frequent scriptural citations in support of his philosophical and theological views is not taken directly from the Bible. Jerome derived many of these citations from Wyclif's treatises De ideis, De universalibus, De dominio Divino, and Trialogus; Augustine's treatise De doctrina christiana; and also Chalcidius's commentary on Plato's Timaeus.

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Ota Pavlíček, Příspěvek k 600 letům od smrti Jeronýma Pražského [A Contribution to the 600 Years from the Time of the Death of Jerome of Prague], in Jeroným Pražský: středověký intelektuál, mučedník české reformace a hrdina národní tradice, ed. O. Pavlíček, Praha 2018, pp. 7-10.

The text summarises the events connected with the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the d... more The text summarises the events connected with the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the death of Jerome of Prague.

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Ota Pavlíček, Projít ohněm: Drama Edzarda Schapera v souvislostech: Předmluva k českému vydání, in Projít ohněm: Život a smrt Jana Husa: Divadelní hra a scénické čtení podle rozhlasového dramatu Edzarda Schapera, ed. Hallensleben, B., Helbing, S., přel. Goriaux-Pelechová, J., Praha 2016 , pp. 11-23.

The study introduces the reader into the legal proceedings against Jan Hus and into the historica... more The study introduces the reader into the legal proceedings against Jan Hus and into the historical context of Hus's stay at the Council of Constance. [Studie uvádí čtenáře do soudního procesu s Janem Husem a do historického kontextu Husova pobytu u kostnického koncilu.]

Ota Pavlíček, Jan Hus, in Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy, ed. M. Sgarbi, Springer: Cham, 2017

Although Jan Hus gained his reputation mainly as a Bohemian theologian and preacher who advocated... more Although Jan Hus gained his reputation mainly as a Bohemian theologian and preacher who advocated for the reform of the late-medieval church, he was also master and teacher at the Prague faculty of liberal arts. However, since his commentaries on Aristotle are not extant, we may understand his philosophical thought mainly through treatises from the field of philosophical theology, for example, from the first two books of his Sentences commentary. We may say on this basis that Hus’s philosophical thought was significantly influenced by John Wyclif’s realist philosophy and, at the same time, by the Augustinian and Platonic branch of Christian thought.

Ota Pavlíček, Jerome of Prague, in Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, ed. H. Lagerlund, Springer: Dodrecht 2019, p. 1-9., 2019

Jerome of Prague (ca. 1378–30 May 1416) was a Czech philosopher at the forefront of a group of Bo... more Jerome of Prague (ca. 1378–30 May 1416) was a Czech philosopher at the forefront of a group of Bohemian masters in the University of Prague who favourably received parts of the realist thought of the Oxford philosopher and theologian John Wyclif. After bachelor degree studies in Prague, Jerome received his master’s degree in Paris in 1405. In 1406 he was accepted as a master at the universities of Cologne and Heidelberg: his stays at these universities were short-lived, however, because he was regarded as excessively opinionated. From 1407, Jerome was among the Bohemian masters at the University of Prague, where he was involved in issuing the Decree of Kutná Hora, which favoured the Bohemian nation above the three German nations. This action led to the departure of the German students and masters from Prague and the strengthening of other Central European universities. Jerome aroused indignation because of his adoption of realist opinions based on Wyclif’s thought and his defence of Wyclif. As a consequence, he was put on trial for heresy in Vienna, from which he fled: he was excommunicated in his absence in 1411. In the last years of his life, Jerome travelled to Poland and Lithuania as a diplomatic representative of Bohemian nobles. In 1414, he decided to defend Jan Hus at the Council of Constance; however, he was taken into custody, tried, and sentenced to death as a heretic. Jerome was burned at the stake on 30 May 1416 and was considered a martyr of the reformation of the church. His realist thought is notable for his philosophical interpretation of certain theological topics and for his promotion of these topics in the faculty of arts. His main inspirations were Augustine, John Wyclif, Plato’s Timaeus, and Calcidius’ commentary on the Timaeus.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1151-5_255-2

In memoriam Vilém Herold (15 September 1933 - 10 September 2012)

Studying the Arts in Medieval Bohemia II, 2021

The University of Prague, founded in 1348 as the first European university east of the Rhine and ... more The University of Prague, founded in 1348 as the first European university east of the Rhine and north of the Alps, was one of the most important universities in the Holy Roman Empire until the crisis of 1409 when German scholars left Prague. Its students and teachers hailed from almost every corner of Europe, with the majority coming from Central Europe. Since its foundation, the university had accepted the doctrines of other European centres of learning, such as Oxford and Paris, but also gradually began to serve as an institution that produced and disseminated knowledge to other universities and schools, such as Cracow. Similar to its 2016 predecessor (https://bit.ly/33pLXKp), this conference aims to explore better the processes of the production, reception and transmission of knowledge in Central Europe, with an emphasis on the University of Prague and in particular its Faculty of Arts around 1348–1500. The conference focuses on the doctrines and texts associated with the Prague Faculty of Arts and its students and masters (including physicians and theologians), as well as papers dealing with broader topics in which the Prague Faculty of Arts and its members played a part or had a more distant role.

The conference will be hybrid (in-person and online). Only participants giving a paper will be accepted to participate in person.

We invite other interested colleagues to register by filling in the form at the following link:

https://forms.gle/KxDsa5fgWRCLQiCQ7

Only registered colleagues will receive a Zoom link to participate in the meeting virtually.

A conference organised in Prague at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Contingency and Necessity in Medieval and Post-medieval Scholasticism, 2019

International workshop organised at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences ... more International workshop organised at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic on 6 June 2019.

International Consultation on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Doctrines, Methods and Sources in the Prague Quodlibeta, 2018

International Consultation on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Doctrines, Methods and ... more International Consultation on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Doctrines, Methods and Sources in the Prague Quodlibeta around 1409

3–4 December 2018, Milano, Italy

2nd International Consultation on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Doctrines, Methods ... more 2nd International Consultation on Studying the Arts in Late Medieval Bohemia: Doctrines, Methods and Sources in the Prague Quodlibeta around 1409

11–12 December 2019, Prague, Czech Republic

Communities of Debate: Collective Intellectual Practice in Medieval Philosophical Thought, 28th Annual Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale, 2024

Although scholars in the middle ages are often presented as lone actors who produced highly indiv... more Although scholars in the middle ages are often presented as lone actors who produced highly individual texts, their works are often the result of several levels of collective work that provided the necessary foundation for their independent effort, as well as the production and sharing of texts and knowledge. This colloquium aims to explore different aspects of the spectrum of collective intellectual endeavours, particularly in university settings in Latin Europe and relevant institutions of learning in the Hebrew, Greek and Arabic linguistic cultures.

CONFERENCE POSTPONED DUE TO COVID TO SEPTEMBER 2021 [Click on "2 files" if you cannot see the po... more CONFERENCE POSTPONED DUE TO COVID TO SEPTEMBER 2021

[Click on "2 files" if you cannot see the poster properly] The University of Prague, founded in 1348 as the first European university east of the Rhine and north of the Alps, was one of the most important universities in the Holy Roman Empire until the crisis of 1409, when German scholars left Prague. Its students and teachers hailed from almost every corner of Europe, with the majority coming from Central Europe. Since its foundation, the university had accepted the doctrines of other European centres of learning, such as Oxford and Paris, but also gradually began to serve as an institution that produced and disseminated knowledge to other universities and schools, such as Cracow.

Similar to its 2016 predecessor (https://bit.ly/33pLXKp), this conference aims to explore better the processes of the production, reception and transmission of knowledge in Central Europe, with an emphasis on the University of Prague and in particular its Faculty of Arts around 1348–1500. We welcome proposals that focus on the doctrines and texts associated with the Prague Faculty of Arts and its students and masters (including physicians and theologians), as well as papers dealing with broader topics in which the Prague Faculty of Arts and its members played a part or had a more distant role. Proposals covering other centres of knowledge in connection with the Prague Faculty of Arts as well as contributions to the study of philosophy and other related disciplines in medieval Bohemia outside the Faculty of Arts are also welcome.

One day workshop on various issues related to contingency and necessity: future contingents, moda... more One day workshop on various issues related to contingency and necessity: future contingents, modalities, causation.

Keynotes: Christopher David Schabel & Monica Brinzei

Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Jilská 1, Prague, Czech Republic, June 6th, 2019.

Deadline for abstracts (c. 200 words) April 1st, to be sent to ota.pavlicek@flu.cas.cz.

Notification of acceptance April 10th, 2019.

Kaspar Gubler, Digital Humanities as Data Science: Potentials and Limits

Registration: https://bit.ly/register-gubler A series of talks on Digital Humanities Digiti... more Registration: https://bit.ly/register-gubler

A series of talks on Digital Humanities

Digitizing the Past: Prague Talks on Digital Humanities

Join us for a series of 45-minute talks by European scholars and experts who will discuss their projects and methods in Digital Humanities and talk about the challenges and opportunities they represent.

Programme in April:

Kaspar Gubler (University of Bern, Switzerland), Digital Humanities as Data Science: Potentials and Limits
April 27, 14:00, online

Digital humanities is an umbrella term for disciplines in the humanities that focus on research with digital resources and tools. As diverse as the disciplines are, so are their methods and approaches to digital research. For example, machine learning, network analyses or data visualisations, with which we can recognise new patterns, connections and developments in the research data. In these diverse research processes, data science, as will be shown in the presentation, can support the digital humanities by focusing on the quality, consistency and informational value of research data and thus reflecting on the potentials and limitations of digital research in the humanities at the same time.

Roman Bleier - Florian Zeilinger, Digital Scholarly Editions and historians: editing the records of the Imperial Diet of 1576 (online)

A series of talks on Digital Humanities organised by the ERC funded research group TRIPTIC-EU wit... more A series of talks on Digital Humanities organised by the ERC funded research group TRIPTIC-EU within the Department for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences). Join us for a series of 45-minute talks by European scholars and experts who will discuss their projects and methods in Digital Humanities and talk about the challenges and opportunities they represent.

May 25, 2022, 2 p.m.

Roman Bleier (Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and
Humanities and Centre for Information Modelling at the University of Graz).

Florian Zeilinger (Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
and Humanities - currently, and the University of Graz, May 20 – June 30)

Digital Scholarly Editions and historians: editing the records of the Imperial Diet of 1576 (ONLINE).

Abstract
A team of researchers at the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of
Sciences and Humanities and the University of Graz are developing a digital
scholarly edition of the records documenting the Imperial Diet (Reichstag) of
Regensburg in 1576. At the Imperial Diet, between June and October 1576,
Emperor Maximilian II and more than 200 representatives of the imperial estates
(Reichsstände) of the Holy Roman Empire discussed and decided about the
political fate of Central Europe. The numerous meetings and deliberations at the
Imperial Diet are of central interest to the ongoing project and new digital
edition.

From a digital scholarly editing point of view, the project explores a particular
way of editing historical documents (seen as a text characterised by its content)
and representing the formal information, for instance about the above-mentioned
deliberations, as structured data in RDF. This kind of editing is a further
development of editing practices used by historians–in a recent article Georg
Vogeler suggested the name “assertive edition”.

Our presentation will explore this editing approach in the context of the Imperial Diet's records edition. We will discuss how we have edited the historical records and
semantically enriched them with TEI markup, how we extract “facts” in the form of
RDF triples, and how we combine the edited texts with a database. This approach
allows us to access the Imperial Diet of 1576 as a bundle of communication
events and thereby opens it up for historiographical research interested in
content, communication and procedures.

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William Duba, Digital Fragmentology: Promises and Challenges (Hybrid)

The study of manuscript fragments has a history as old as the study of manuscript codices, and pr... more The study of manuscript fragments has a history as old as the study of manuscript codices, and previous generations of scholars have been content to lump fragments together into the subject-matter of codicology. On this reading, the manuscript leaves that we find in the bindings of books, the illuminated initials pasted onto pages, the leaves from broken books for sale on the internet, all represent imperfect manuscript codices books, and, as such, can be investigated, although at greater expense of time and for less reward. Digital technologies and practices in the digital humanities have vastly changed the landscape, enabling approaches to fragmentary material to achieve new and exciting results. In particular, imaging technologies permit access to unreadable texts and the rapid reconstruction of pages, online databases facilitate the rapid location of fragments and their identification, and the networking effects of interoperability and virtual communities allow for the reconstruction of books, libraries and literary cultures, and the rapid dissemination of results. The sum total of these developments is the birth of a discipline, Fragmentology, that moves beyond just codicology to include diplomatics, early print, and the full range of historical sciences.

The dean of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University and the Collegium Europaeum of the Facu... more The dean of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University and the Collegium Europaeum of the Faculty of Arts and the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences invite you to the vernissage of exhibition "Universitas Haeretica: Masters of the Prague Utraquist University in 1417-1622". The event will take place at the faculty (Jana Palacha Place 2, Prague 1) on Thursday, May 30 at 16h.

Filosofický časopis, 2021

This review provides a critical look at a new publication on the thought of John Wyclif and his s... more This review provides a critical look at a new publication on the thought of John Wyclif and his successors. It highlights the papers of Mark Thakkar (Wyclif's logic) and Aurélian Robert (atomism), which bring new perspectives and change the seemingly solid foundations of our knowledge.